Our First Glimpse of Santa

Our neighborhood is very family-friendly. Now that S&Z are getting older, we've had a great time taking advantage of community events like the weekly Farmer's Market that is held from June through October. Yesterday was the lighting of the Christmas tree in the neighborhood square. My mom & I brought them down for the tree lighting when they were wee newborn babies in 2009,

Things were a little different this year! We met up with Vanessa, Greg, Oliver & Thatcher, and Vanessa helped me kid wrangle while the 3 musketeers ran around.

S&Z had taken a long nap, so we missed Santa's arrival on the fire truck. They had fun checking out the fire truck anyway!

We did manage to eventually get a glimpse of Santa!

And the tree was so pretty.

Did I mention that it's been in the 60s here? While I'm not complaining, the freakishly warm weather has made it a little tough to get in the full Christmas spirit. Awesome community events like this definitely help, though, and we still have a full month to gear up!

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