I've got some pictures piling up from our pre-Christmas activities.  These first are from the Festival of Lights held in downtown Baton Rouge. It was the last Friday in November.  Kyla and I went down early and met up with a few of our friends.

We went last year, and it was very cold.  This year, it was so warm that we carried our coats.  The parade was super lame this year, though.  There were only two floats, and Santa wasn't even riding on his.  He was down by the tree, however, so she did get a chance to talk to him.  He asked her if she was a good girl and what she wanted for Christmas.  She told him that she wanted a Christmas tree. 

On Santa's lap

With her crew

With her parade goodies

Digging through the decorations

Hanging ornaments

Hanging snowman stickers

Her response to me telling her not to touch the lights

Noisy, noisy, noisy bells

The highlight of her day!