Our small town had their annual Hometown Christmas celebration this weekend and since Chloe and Claire had enjoyed it so much last year, when they came with their parents, we decided to invite them to our house for the weekend to take it all in. Paula's work schedule didn't allow for Mike, Paula and Chris' attendance this year. We started out the weekend decorating our downsized tree, which is plenty big for Papa and Grandma. A few decorations made it up the tree, but by far, the majority were placed on the bottom 2-3 branches. They were so proud of their work and it did look just fine!
Saturday, Chloe, Claire, our good friend Miss Connie, her granddaughters Danica and Aubrey, and myself started out the day by getting a face painting done. Below Aubrey gets her design, a small Christmas tree in place. 
Claire and Chloe were next.....
All of the girls waited very patiently in a very cold wind to have their turns on the ponies. Danica and Aubrey are below.
Saturday, Chloe, Claire, our good friend Miss Connie, her granddaughters Danica and Aubrey, and myself started out the day by getting a face painting done. Below Aubrey gets her design, a small Christmas tree in place. 
Claire and Chloe were next.....All of the girls waited very patiently in a very cold wind to have their turns on the ponies. Danica and Aubrey are below.
Claire was wearing Miss Connie's hat as she made her rounds with the pony, and Chloe was borrowing Miss Connie's scarf. Thank goodness Miss Connie came better prepared than Grandma.
Time for a little snack on the curbside. I believe you can see the beginning of Claire's balloon escape. We eventually lost the other one too.
A real highlight of the day was the carriage ride. Connie, Aubrey and Danica are below, followed by a shot of the carriage and the beautiful horse that was pulling it.
Claire and Chloe following their exciting carriage ride.
After a short afternoon rest period, the group got together again with both of the Grandpas and made some mini pizzas before going to the evening parade. Below the girls wait very patiently again for the parade to start.
The decorated emergency vehicles in the parade were sure to toot their horns and sirens as they passed.
Time for a little snack on the curbside. I believe you can see the beginning of Claire's balloon escape. We eventually lost the other one too.
A real highlight of the day was the carriage ride. Connie, Aubrey and Danica are below, followed by a shot of the carriage and the beautiful horse that was pulling it. 
Claire and Chloe following their exciting carriage ride.
After a short afternoon rest period, the group got together again with both of the Grandpas and made some mini pizzas before going to the evening parade. Below the girls wait very patiently again for the parade to start.
The decorated emergency vehicles in the parade were sure to toot their horns and sirens as they passed.
About an hour away from our home, Chris continued his exploring and growth. Mike sent this video of him trying out Claire and Chloe's trampoline. Yikes, what is next for this 10 month old?
All in all we had a wonderful weekend and look forward to spending time with our friends again before too long. This weekend was a great start to a wonderful month of celebrating the birth of Jesus!
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