light up night.

We went downtown on Friday night to experience Light Up night in Pittsburgh. We loved walking around downtown! It's the night they turn on all the Christmas lights, Macy's unveils their holiday windows, and there are fireworks. We took the "T" downtown and back and avoided crowded roads and finding a place to park. They had a lot going on for people of all ages...ice carvings, carriage rides, bands, games, fireworks, and food. It was really neat and actually not too chilly!
In front of the tree at PPG Place (where we've previously ice-skated).

These are the Macy's window displays. They were really neat! The theme this year was letters to Santa, as you can read in the first picture.
We loved seeing the names on the Santa letters. In fact, we saw the name Lilly & Caroline. (If you know us, you know those are most likely our girl names when we have children. We have middle names, too. Ha! And boy names...but we did not see those anywhere.)

(Joseph & Amber, if you read this...this one is for you.)

The mayor's Christmas tree.

Now I think we're in the Christmas spirit. (although we're really waiting for the snow to fall because it still doesn't feel like winter...yet!)