The girl went outside!

December 9th was circled on our calendar for months.  It was our first time in this subdivision that we experienced the annual tradition of lighting candles in bags at sunset.  The bags lined the street of the entire neighborhood and it was really a gorgeous sight.  Ellie got her stroller loaded with the essentials and we took her about 10 houses down to a court that served cookies and hot cider.  The older kids got to visit with some of their friends from church and we felt "normal" for that hour or so.  Well, other than the fact that Jeff reminded me I should not stand too close to the fire they had going.  Oxygen makes the fire bigger - think of what happens when you blow on a fire.  The flames get bigger.  We didn't want our first year to be that memorable.

I think Ellie knew there were cookies over there.