Sunday, December 6, 2015

Christmas Parades & Pancake Breakfasts

This weekend was full of Christmas activities
my favorite.

We started it off with the Fairhope Christmas Parade Friday night. 
Another Fairhope event that will make the calendar every year!
We had so much fun- the streets were crowded with families,
everyone in their holiday attire & the kids all had such excitement on their faces.
I knew we were in for something good when we looked around and saw everyone patiently awaiting the start of the parade.
& I was correct!
So many beautifully decorated floats - the Belle's were there and the different school bands. 
The dance studios had dancers, there were twirlers and all kinds of other people marching.
The floats were incredible though. And everyone in the parade was so cheerful.
Caroline started saying Hiiiiiiiii & waving to every single person & float. She was having a blast.
Girlfriend left the parade with a neck full of beads and they are now her favorite thing ever.
Mommy & Daddy got some candy out of the deal ;)
We loved it. Such a great way to get the holiday season going!
Saturday morning we went to Breakfast at the Manger at our church.
One of the male groups at church made us all pancakes & sausage and we did pictures with Santa.
It was a really enjoyable experience.
Caroline decided she isn't sure about Santa anymore.
Last year, she was curious and wanted to play with his beard- 
this year, she was very skeptical and did not want to sit on his lap.
She just kept saying No, No, Nooo. The whole time.
We did manage to get a family picture without tears in it though.
So we will see how that turns out once we get it in the mail :) 

I love the Holiday Season in Fairhope.
The whole town gets involved which make it so much more joyful.