Christmas in the "Folk"

I love our town, especially during Christmas. There are a lot of fun activities that go on for children and we try and participate in all of them. One of our favorite things is the Santa Parade. We have gone every year. See previous years here and here.

This year we also attended the Pajama Breakfast with Santa. "Big Joe" the storyteller was there and I was completely shocked and thrilled when Drew sat and listened and interacted. I have tried so many times to bring him to story hour and decided to stop punishing myself because all he would do was run around and I found myself tripping over dozens of kids trying to retrieve him. I am delighted that he is at the age now that he can enjoy it and I plan on giving the whole storyteller and sing-along thing another go. Another hit at the breakfast was the Munchkins. We lost count of how many he consumed. The one thing that was not such a hit was Santa. Yes, he sat on his lap, but he would not crack a smile.

The first big snowstorm. It took about 20 minutes to bundle up Harrison, for about 5 minutes out in the cold:

We are lucky the Bugaboo works well in the snow:
Harrison did NOT like the fire trucks!

At the Santa Breakfast they wore their special Christmas PJs

Drew, Logan and Ryan..they love to hug-it-out

I think this is actually more miserable than last years photo with Santa.

Big Joe:

I just love Christmas with my kids. It isn't only about the fun of buying them presents...yes that is pretty fun too, but it is about the fun of driving around at night looking at lights, making hot cocoa with mountains of marshmallows, shaking way too many sprinkles on the Christmas cookies, putting ornaments on the tree and talking about each one, the excitement each day when Drew gets to count down one more day on the Advent calendar, explaining the nativity and what Christmas really means. The list goes on and on, but I savor each moment.