One of the reasons that I love Thanksgiving is that it marks the beginning of Christmas season!! And we LOVE Christmas!! We were very excited to get our tree the Sunday after Thanksgiving, and by the end of the day it was decorated as was the house!
Mommy doing the lights with my little helper (who for some reason is constantly taking off her clothes...). This is always my job. I've inherited the role from my Mom, who always put up the lights in our house. While I'm getting better each year, Gumma is truly the expert at putting up the lights, keeping the cords hidden and not leaving one branch light-less!
Mommy's little elf.
The finished product!
The next weekend we attended the opening weekend of "A Very Merry Middlebury Christmas." It is the second annual (I think), town celebration headed by the Better Middlebury Partnership. Quite a few of our friends are part of that group and play essential roles in putting this and many other wonderful events together. They do an AMAZING job! So we started off the day watching Santa ride across the town bridge on top of a fire truck. Then we got hot chocolate from the "Hot Chocolate Hut" complete with whip cream and marshmellows! Followed by a visit with Santa himself!!
Cooper was great this year. He had his list all ready to spout of to Santa! Isabel wouldn't even look at him, let alone go near him or his lap! Santa happens to be a friend of ours and so when he called them by their names, I think it actually freaked her out a bit!
Emma was great, she sat right on his lap and began to pull on the beard! She grabs at anything she can these days!
There was quite a line to see Santa, and Gogo was doing his community duty and giving out the numbers to everyone waiting.
We finished off the morning with a horse drawn carriage ride around town! It was an awesome weekend, and we are so thankful to all that helped put it together!
