Advent Day 2

We found Nix hiding in the Christmas tree:

Then we opened our new card for the day:

Although we had been invited to several parade parties, we decided to just hang out at Mimi and Papa's house since we have been a little under the weather. The parade this year did not disappoint. The weather was perfect and the bands and floats were great. The theme this year was Christmas movies. Mary Laine's favorite was How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Santa Claus, of course. Mine was a tie between Christmas Vacation and The Polar Express. Both kids were just mesmerized by the entire parade and sat perfectly still for about an hour as we watched. Daddy, Mimi, and Papa had a prior engagement, so they missed the parade, but made it in time for the fire works.

We attempted to get a Christmas Card picture. This is what you will not be getting in the mail from us this year. We actually were able to get Langdon to look at the camera, but Mary Laine would not smile. Oh, well. We'll get a good picture one of these days - or I'll figure out how to make use of my photoshop.

At the end of the night, Mary Laine was so tired that she asked to go straight to bed without dinner and even passed on the prospect of eating french fries (one of her favorite foods). I'd say that's a sign of a full day!