Last year we really enjoyed cutting down our own Christmas tree at Bright's Christmas Tree Farm, but this year we decided to get our tree a little closer to home at the Norfolk Farm Market. Because it's so close to our house, Norfolk Farm Market has become a holiday tradition in our family -- it doesn't really feel like Christmas until we've been. We have a ritual of visiting every year in the first week of December to see the decorations and to let Anouk pick out an ornament of her very own (hard to believe this is her third one so far!)

Sadly, Santa wasn't there on this visit, but we did find the perfect tree, a spruce with the featheriest branches. And A. found the perfect reindeer ornament (she is a little bit obsessed with Rudolph right now). After visits to the poinsettia house and a cup of hot apple cider, we declared the Christmas season officially kicked off.







Over at Fun and Free Hampton Roads, I blogged about a FREE Holiday Yule log bonfire happening at Town Point Park tonight! Click here for more info. It sounds so fun!