Our town does a "Down Home Christmas" early in December. There are activities for the kids, a place to see Santa, and a parade at night. We were already planning on going to the parade, but our neighbor asked us if the kids would want to be in the parade. Turns out, he sits on a local board that had a float in the parade and he had asked a few of the neighborhood kids that all play together if they wanted to ride along. Yay! They were soooooo excited!!
It was fun seeing them in the parade and they even made the newspaper!
My most favorite memory of the whole night was when Santa surprised Jack. I'll just copy and paste what I wrote on facebook that night because it was still fresh in my mind:
Had to share this sweet memory from tonight. It will forever be in my mind, and I am sure I won't do justice to just how "magical" it really was. We were walking back from the parade and Jack and I were lagging way behind Mark and Kate because he was playing with a little flashlight he had gotten. Most everyone had already left, so the streets and sidewalks were almost empty. Jack was shining his little flashlight in all the store windows and along the brick walls as we walked, just taking his time. Santa and his crew were packing up across the street when Santa saw Jack looking in a window. This sweet Santa probably knew he could make a little boy's night, so he stopped what he was doing, crossed the street, and came up behind my little man. Jack turned around at the perfect time, and said, "Santa" in the sweetest little voice. Santa knelt down and held his hand and asked what he wanted for Christmas, asked if Jack was going to leave him milk and cookies on Christmas Eve, gave him a hug... it was perfect! And Mark and Kate turned around at just the right time to witness it all. So sweet!
These pictures are terrible quality, but all I had was my phone, and I was trying to snap as quick as I could so I wouldn't miss it. What a special memory.
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