Christmas Eve's Eve: Making Merry

Fortunately, the day turned into evening, and Dwayne came home and hugged me.  With his upbeat attitude, we made our plans to head to the Bellevue Botanical Gardens to experience the Garden d'Lights.  The kids were finishing up their gingerbread houses (on sale at Costco the day before the day before Christmas, so each child could bring their own sense of artistry to the project).

The Gardens are celebrating 25 years as a holiday spectacular!

 

This was funny because we all thought this was a gravestone with magic mushrooms until we read the map's fine print and realized we had found the fairy door. Oops!

Kyla found a toad that needed a rider.

I love this so much that I went around twice while diligently ignoring the excessive whining behind me.

 

We weren't quite done with lights and found ourselves enchanted at another holiday display at a nearby church.  

Finally, candy-cane sticky and light tired, we returned home, ready to start Christmas with more grace and less bickering.  That can be everyone's resolution for 2020!