Christmas Festival

On Saturday, we went to a small town Christmas festival. The girls had a wonderful time. Haddie got a candy cane painted on her cheek. Sierra had a gingerbread man. I was impressed with how well they stayed still.

Afterwards, we went for rides on a shetland pony named Sandy. They did a great job.



And here are our little carolers.

Finally, we took a picture with Santa (and now you can see that Brooklyn was with us, just too little for some of the other activities). I was really surprised at how well they did. Sierra was a bit nervous, but she warmed up with her sister next to her.

My favorite was after the picture when Haddie said "Mommy, santa is really big. Is he bigger than God?" This prompted a very interesting discussion. In case you are wondering, we take pictures with Santa and tell him what we want for Christmas, but presents are from mommy and daddy. He isn't magical or anything.

They also had a balloon man, which was the end of our fun because Haddie received a balloon while Sierra, being 2, was too young and could only have a little plastic whale. This was not a good substitute and there were many tears. Once we got home, we ignored Mr. Balloon Man's safety suggestion and Haddie had to share her balloon with her sister. This was somewhat better, but the balloon still didn't make it through the day. Sigh. Oh well, they had some good times with it before it popped.