Its the most wonderul time of the year! Guess what? I love Christmas! And the festivities have begun in our house with the usual start: The Santa Claus Parade.
Logan's first Santa Claus Parade was on Saturday the 14th. We got him all bundled up for the cold evening with multiple layers plus his cozy winter onesie suit. This is his Christmas bib: Baby's first Christmas and a little added antlers for the Christmas feel. We left for the parade around 5:45... usually it a bit earlier but leaving with baby takes extra time!
We made a mandatory stop for coffee at McDonalds (there is no convenient timmies between our place and downtown) before meeting Steph, Kenny and Rachel in a parking lot. But... we still managed to get a good spot at Dundas and Waterloo! It was in the middle of the intersection so the people had not yet filled that area... but very soon after it was full. Here's our annual Santa Claus parade picture... my Rachel was so cute his year she wrote a letter to Santa for her and also for Logan with lists of what she and Logan want for Christmas. Rachel thought Logan could use baby toys and a hockey stick...
The best part about the parade is we were only in the cold for about 2 hours total. Some kind of record for the parade. It was either that there were less floats/marching bands/participants or the parade moved faster than usual. This year we noticed the Shriners didn't participate at all... they usually have a huge part in the parade so it was really sad.
And Logan... he though the parade was pretty boring and slept in his stroller the entire 2 hours! But our awesome sleeper still slept through the night with his usual 3am ish bottle.
I love the seasonal snacks that come along with Christmas like egg nog, candy cane ice cream, peppermint kisses and look what we found at Wal Mart! Peppermint popcorn! We had some when Rachel was over for dinner and it as actually pretty good... different but good.
A stocking has been added to the stocking family. Preparing for Christmas, we had to get Logan his Christmas stocking and added his name to it with glitter glue. Now he's all ready for Santa!
The Christmas tree went up the day of the Santa Claus Parade! Logan gave us just enough of a break while in his swing so Aleksy could put up the Christmas lights, wreath, and reindeer outside and I put up the tree! Logan likes to look at the lights and sparkle on the tree. Here's my boys with our pretty tree.
And the Christmas shopping has started! Definitely not finished but you can see all the presents warped under the tree before December! The less December shopping we do, the better! Logan and I will have to switch from our daily shopping trips to library and other outings once we're all finished... hopefully within the next couple weeks!
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