Sunday, December 7, 2008

Festival of the Trees

We went to the Festival of the Trees last night for the very first time. What fun! Okay, it was really hard to maneuver a stroller and 2 little ones in that crowd, but it was still very festive and fun, and hey we were in a way supporting Crew at Primary's, right?

I apologize in advance for the blurriness of the pictures. We forgot to bring our camera and had to rely on the cameras on our phones. And I'm sorry to say we failed to get a picture of Audrey with eyes glued to the children dancers performing. She was totally enthralled watching them. We have got to get her into some lessons!

Here's a cute pic of Jacob actually cuddling with mamama (how he says my name). It doesn't happen often, so it was nice to get a picture of it! Poor guy, he isn't feeling very well, so one of us had to hold him most of the time. I didn't mind, especially since I got so many cuddles!


He's totally mine, is he not? Ooh, I could just squeeze the packin's out of him (as my Nana would say).


I didn't realize that they had gingerbread houses there too. They had some really cool looking ones, like this GINORMOUS castle, complete with a big W on it. He he he.


And of course I had to take a picture of this gingerbread house. It's Chief Swan's house, complete with mossy trees, a red truck, and a dark figure (hmmm, who could that be?) in the tree outside one of the bedroom windows. What fun! There were also a few Twilight inspired Christmas trees, but I didn't really like any of them enough to stop the crew to take a picture.


There were also a ton of cheap little crafts for the kids to do. They made some little stained glass window drawings, a jingle monster thingy, some other things, and these cute reindeer hats. They had a blast.


We had so much fun, that I think this might become a tradition. Oh, and I forgot to tell you about the fudge! Mmmm. I think my favorite part was listening to the bag pipe parade at the end. There's something about that instrument that gives me chills. Good chills, that is. Anyway, we had fun and hope all the rest of you are enjoying this wonderful time of year!

1 comment:

Ashley Dawn said...

YAY!! You updated your blog. What a great tradition. The festival of trees is supposed to be amazing. This just proves it to me. What a great day!