celebrate | st. nicholas day

December 6th is St. Nicholas Day, and it is widely celebrated here in Europe.  You can read a bit about the history here.  From what I hear it's starting to gain popularity in the US, too! We celebrated with Elise for the first time this year, and she was so excited to find her boot filled with treats this morning when she woke up.  I filled our shoes with a few little goodies before I went to bed last night, but there were several new additions when we woke up this morning thanks to our neighbors.

I don't think Elise knew what the chocolate was because she completely bypassed it in favor of the clementine.  Though she quickly realized it doesn't taste quite as good if you don't let mom peel it first.

Elise and I spent the afternoon making gingerbread houses and ornaments with our friends.  We also got quite a bit of snow today (the first "real" snow we've had this year so far), and we snapped a quick Christmas photo outside while it was falling.

Also, we're almost to the half-way point of the pregnancy, and we just found out on Monday that we're having another GIRL!  We're so excited!