Satna Clause is Coming to Town

I am always wishing their were cooler festivites around Christmas time for us to do. When I found out Village Pointe (Shopping Center) does a Santa Parade and Tree-lighting ceremony Troy new he was in for a cold night. It started with a kids' holiday concert in the amphitheatre and then a parade down the strip.

Brittney fell asleep on the way there. She slept through almost the whole concert.
The String Beans (like the Wiggles, but not so freaky) did a kids concert. Braedyn danced for the whole hour. They served hot cider and cookies to keep us warm.

Santa was a little late. "He had a little sleigh trouble over Vancouver." Brittney was freezing at this point.
The parade was worth the wait. Rudolph, the Grinch, Santa's Elves all lead the parade with Santa following in a lighted Cinderella carriage. That really got the girls excited. When Santa turned the switch to light up the Christmas tree, their faces lit up right with it. It was a great family night. I am glad my mom could be there too.

"Gobble, Gobble, Gobble"

So I got this great idea to "help" the kids make Turkey hats to wear on Thanksgiving. It seemed like a quick project, but it really consisted of me cutting turkey heads, beaks, eyes, and headbands for an hour. The kids were great at cutting out the feathers. I guess that is the way most projects go. They wore them all of 20 minutes on Thanksgiving, but they were excited about them.

We heard "Cockadoodledoo" all throughout the house. Braedyn couldn't remember what a Turkey said.