Parade of Lights

Tonight was the Parade of Lights in town to kick off the holiday season. Our church always does a float, and the kids and I rode on it last year. As soon as I mentioned it to them this time, they jumped at the opportunity.

So we bundled up in the freezing windy weather and we went for it. We had a great time - although I spent the entire time holding the Christmas tree up on the float so that it didn't fall on my head.

Did I mention that it was cold out?

Yes, that's Elvis.

And yes, that's a camel.

And if you want to see the picture of me with my roadkill reindeer antlers on, you'll have to go to my facebook page to see that!

It was a good night. We had fun. After we got home, the kids all got nice hot baths to thaw out before bedtime.

Tomorrow, we get to get up at the crack of dawn to get everyone to school and all of that fun stuff, and then Jared has his Christmas program at school tomorrow evening, so the chaos continues.

Finally done with Halloween

It's over. Yay! The costumes are all packed away, and will not be seen again until next year. The candy will most likely disappear very quickly - into a safe hiding place (much like the Easter candy, which I just found about a week ago).

Alex had his Halloween parade at school this morning....

Even the teachers got into it and did a dance number....

I spent the afternoon in the glorious weather and finished up cleaning the corner of my yard.

Took all of the stuff to the landfill....

Got Alex from school....

And then Daniel and I hung out and watched movies and folded/put away laundry while Alex went trick-or-treating with his father for a few hours.

Unfortunately, I made the mistake of gloating about our glorious weather today, and I think it's already coming back to haunt me - my head is pounding, my stomach is crampy, I'm freezing cold....I've been fighting it for days, but I think it's got me this time. So I think that maybe if I go to bed now, I might be able to sleep off enough of it to at least get up and get Alex to school in the morning.

So, you get nothing fun and witty from me tonight - just a recap of the day. Hopefully I will feel human tomorrow.