Sunday we went to the Garfield Park Conservatory to check out their holiday flower show. The show featured beautiful white poinsettias, other white blooming plants and bulbs, and plants with silver foliage. The conservatory is having its 100th birthday soon, so they had the kids make birthday hats. We also took some photos for the Christmas card and enjoyed the break from the cold. 
Friday night 5pm was party time. Chris' company held their party at the Millennium Park Grill. Elizabeth's was at the Italian Village. Meg's school also had their party that night in the school gym. Meg had a great time at her party and then spent the night with a friend. Zach spent the night with the neighbors and they said he was the perfect guest. Elizabeth and Chris spent the night at the Swissotel. We had a wonderful night downtown and then came home bright and early Saturday morning to pick up the kids. That morning we picked out our Christmas Tree. The kids had fun seeing all of the trees. We are thinking that next year we may get our tree from a tree farm instead, but this year we were pretty short on time. Sunday we decorated the tree and filled the house with holiday cheer.