33 degrees is a little cold

on saturday morning, we attended the much anticipated christmas parade in downtown. as most of you know, i am not a fan of cold weather. so, when i looked at the temperature that morning and saw that it was 33 degrees, i was not exactly over the top excited about sitting out in that weather watching trucks and marching bands creep by me. but, i donned the long johns, about 4 shirts, and no telling how many pairs of socks and ended up making it through in one piece!!

this is our crew hanging out on the curb waiting on the parade to get started...


do you think my kids actually sat on the curb and quietly watched the parade with the rest of their friends? absolutely not. if you are sitting down, then apparently you are unable to dance to the music of the cars and the bands...


after a while, though, the dancing had to take a break, and daddy made a nice chair...


2 hours later (yes, 2 whole hours) santa FINALLY made his arrival. it had to be the longest parade in the history of the world!!


but the little people loved it, and we are already looking forward to next year's parade. actually, we're looking forward to the end of the parade! sadly, william's favorite part of the entire parade was what followed santa...

i think all the adults there would agree with me...we were glad to see that street sweeper, too!!