Here's how we embraced the Christmas spirit this weekend: listened to Christmas tunes at home and in the car, baked 12 dozen cookies for two different cookie exchanges, consumed embarrassing amounts of cookies from said exchanges, enjoyed the Holidazzle Parade, shopped and wrapped presents, and last, but certainly not least, visited Santa! We had a great weekend and here are some snapshots from the fun...
Malone was not spared from the Christmas spirit - we didn't want him feeling left out. Can't you tell how much he loves this?
Friday night we met Michael downtown to watch the Holidazzle Parade. It takes place in the heart of downtown Minneapolis on Nicollet Mall (where Michael's office is located). The parade starts at 6:30, so it's dark and chilly (that's putting it nicely - most kids wore snow pants :), but all the floats and bands are lit up with Christmas lights. Nothing stops Minnesota from a parade, people, even negative temps!
The pictures aren't the best since they were taken with my phone, but here are Katelyn and Michael checking out the Disney Aladdin float.
This was Katelyn's favorite float. It's a Twins baseball snowman complete with a bat, ball cap, glove, and a Joe Mauer jersey (no wonder it was her fave!). It even spun around in circles. After it went by, Katelyn kept saying, "moe snowman? moe snowman?"
Between floats, Katelyn would also say, "moe lights?" I'd say the parade was a hit and worth the bit of Jack Frost nipping at our noses!
Until about 2 weeks ago, Katelyn didn't really know who Santa was, but recently she's been enjoying a Barney Christmas Special where he and his friends visit the North Pole to help Santa make toys, so that's really been her first introduction to him. On Saturday afternoon, we braved the mall for some shopping and thought maybe we'd see Santa ("Sinta"). She glowed at the prospect. She was so excited as we waited our turn but we thought she might change her tune when it came down to sitting on Santa's lap. Boy were we mistaken...
She sat comfortably on Santa's leg and while she got a little bashful and kept looking at the ground, she did tell Santa she wanted "Daddy's phone" for Christmas. Ha!
As we left from our visit, Katelyn waved and said "Buh-bye Sinta!" After the fact, she kept referring to Santa's beard (pointing to her chin), hat, and also his "mittens" :)
Hope you enjoyed a bit of Christmas spirit this weekend too!
2 comments:
How fun! Katelyn, you were very brave to sit on Santa's lap! Looks like you're all getting into the spirit of Christmas by doing lots of the traditional activities. See you soon for more traditions and fun!
What a fun Christmas weekend! You looked so cute sitting on Sinta's lap!! Very Brave of you, Katelyn!! We hope to see you in Iowa during the Christmas holidays!
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