Merry Christmas Week 1 Traditions

Christmas our families favorite time of year. There are so many things to see and do. We have our family traditions and the kids really enjoy each one that we do. Last week was the Jubilee of Trees.

This week started the Dickens Festival. The girls know that this is where we see Father Christmas and have their picture taken. They colored a picture to enter the coloring contest. Then it was off to see Santa. Ryder wasn't to sure about him. I was surprised he didn't scream since this is his normal reaction to being set down. Instead he just looked around with a stone face. He did like the candy stick he gave me afterwards. The girls asked for digital cameras, Wall-e, and Tinkerbell Movies.

The Kids w/ Father Christmas

Rylee's class made Advent Chains with a different activity for each night until Christmas. Tuesday's activity was take your families picture by the Christmas Tree. As you can tell there aren't many smiles. Nobody wanted to pose and they couldn't agree on which tree to stand by. So we took pictures by both.

Saturday we were off to Cedar City to the Children's Storybook Parade. We had heard the weather was cold so we bundled everyone up. Much to our surprise it was in the high 40's and so the coats quickly came off. Ryder was top heavy and every time he stood up with this coat on he would fall over and hit his head. Reganne refused to wear her coat it was too much bother. Rylee was cold and she wore hers most of the time.

Then the parade started...

The joys of having a walking toddler. He didn't want to stay. He wanted to walk.

All of the kids around us discovered if they creeped out into the road they could give the characters high fives. So here they are out almost in the middle of main street. Touching and playing with the characters as they walked by.

Everyone was starving so we ate dinner in Cedar City and then drove home. They all fell asleep which made for a nice ride home.

Our final tradition of the week was family movie night. One girl picks the movie and the other picks the treat. Reganne picked Polar Express and Rylee picked Smores.

I am loving the eagerness and excitement that each child has for Christmas. We are always on the look out for new things to see and try. Hopefully start new traditions.