brining in the holiday cheer // christmas in chicago

we bought the holiday cheer this weekend big time

friday night we hung out with dan and nicole and explored some uptown neighborhoods 

it was christmas time in the city

and i loved every min. of it

first stop was our favorite bakery

they had a choir caroling and were offering free goods 

i think i ate my weight in their amazing butter rolls

second stop was andersonville

which is quickly becoming my favorite part of the city

we ran in and out of stores

exploring and finding new fun ways to keep ourselves entertained

we even spotted santa!!!

dan couldn't contain his excitement about the woolly mammoth 

a dream of a store we pass every sunday on our way to church

nicole and i were too freaked out to go inside

so we hung out outside with this champ and let the boys do the exploring!

 we spent the rest of the night at....drum roll please

an ice cream shoppe

yep, we found our first legit ice cream place in chicago

it was a big night for the b. family

we LOVE us some ice cream and finding a good place for it was a big score

check out their hot coco list

man we were in heaven

 we had a great night with great friends

how fun it is to just hang out and explore some new areas

there is always something going on in this city

especially at christmas time

i couldn't be happier

saturday we spent the day cleaning

and i mean a good deep clean

that our poor little house badly needed

we finished off the day with christmas vacation

thanks dan and nicole for showing spence what he has been missing

(seriously my husband had never seen it...is that possible?)

how was your weekend?