In what has become a Schmitt family holiday tradition, we took the kids to see the lights at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.  It was unusually crowded, but maybe that's because we went on a Sunday night and it wasn't unbearably cold.  They do an amazing job covering the garden in thousands of twinkling lights.  Henry was in awe, until we let him out of the stroller and then he turned into a toddling terror!  He was insistent on doing it himself, which meant walking without our hands or assistance of any kind.  He did a pretty good job, but we ended up having to football carry him out of the garden.

I had trouble figuring out which setting to use on my camera (I really should write it down when I figure it out), so the shots aren't great, but you can tell that we made our annual appearance.

Oh, and I totally forgot that we carried on another Schmitt family tradition this weekend!  We baked Great Great Grandma Schmitt's Sugar Cookies!  John gets all the credit as he has spent years perfecting his technique and honing the recipe.  Delia appears to show the most interest in the baking part, but all three kids enjoyed eating them :)