Lights Parade

Last night we went to a Christmas Lights Parade. It was a lot of fun. All of the entries were decorated with lights like the car above. There were much more spetactular examples, but the camera card was full. We did fix Daniel's pants right after this picture. He had a great snowsuit on as we were leaving the house, but on his way out the door he fell somehow and had blood Goooshing out of his mouth. There were puddles on the floor and all over his snow suit. It was crazy. But he is ok. He also had mittens. But, he makes a game out of seeing how fast he can shake them off when I put them on. He never complained though so I guess I shouldn't worry.
The night before the parade we went to Crete for a chili cook off and a scavenger hunt through the businesses. We listened to Christmas music in the car between stops. At one store the owner was so amazed because Grace and Luci found the item the fastest of all the contestants, including adult teams! I was a little bummed the prize promised at the end of the hunt was just an entry for the raffle. (Not what I was expecting and we didn't win.) But nonetheless, the girls had fun and figured out most of the clues before we arrived at the stores. At this age it's the process not the product that is so much fun. And according to my story that is the end and it was a great night.

Ken's story, however, might go a little something like this: Horrible. Terrible. Never again. Daniel and I in the car, Daniel screaming every time the ladies left the car, non-stop screaming, metal chairs falling at the cook off, everybody looking, Luci and a brand new friend accidentally unplugging the cable from the Christmas show, never going to do this again, and so on and so forth. (You can't expect them to be the best all the time, now can you?)

But he does agree the lights parade was the bomb.