I can't say it enough; our church family has been a HUGE blessing to us this deployment. Alison even said the other day that she felt this deployment was much easier than last time and felt like having so much time with friends really helped.
We were invited to a girls night at the Nutcracker. The boys stayed home with a sitter and we met our friends for dinner before the show.
It was a great show and Alison has requested this become a new Christmas tradition.
Saturday morning, we walked into the Y for our normal workout routine and found we had crashed "cookies with Santa". Eli really wanted his picture taken with him, Alison played along to be nice and Colin wanted nothing to do with the situation.
Looking back, I'm pretty sure we ruined the situation for everyone around us. I tried to not make a big deal about it. It's like getting a picture with a character at Disney for our family, but Eli did explain to Colin that St. Nicholas is dead and this is just a guy dressed up. Yep, you read that right. Alison actually had the story of St. Nicholas in her history lesson (not planned by me, just coincidentally timed right), Eli overheard the lesson and now tells everyone that Santa is dead.
This is Colin's "Are we done with this yet?" face and Eli's current "Cheese" face.
Oh yea, and P.S. everyone else was dressed up! We really did not fit into the situation.
That evening, we went with some friends to the Light Parade. When we got downtown, we found that pretty much our whole church was there.
It was a whole lotta waiting for not the most spectacular show.
Eli loved it, but I'm not sure we'll go again next year.
I have found that there a ton of little events around town. We could be way busier if I wanted to be, but not all events are worth the effort. Taco festival...worth it. Light parade...not.
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