Skip to main content

Christmas Parade

 Tonight our chain of lakes had the annual Light Up the Chain parade. I hade hopes of actually being in the parade this year, but, you know....covid. Boo. The parade drives right by our cabin so we were happy to be spectators and this 5 minutes of watching the parade was the thing we did today. It's pretty uneventful around here...we talk about what Christmas movie we're going to watch and whether or not the the lake is frozen yet. The ice is perhaps an inch thick...or at least thick enough to walk on close to shore. Sage was able to ice skate on the lake today. Anyway, the Light Up the Chain parade just consists of people decorating their ATV's, tractors, trailers, etc with Christmas lights. There was a big Santa Claus, an ATV made to look like a sleigh, and even people sitting by a fire on their trailer. The neighbors all come out and it just makes me love our community even more. 




 


Jack must have been hungry for cookies because he brought his Magic Cookie Shrinking Machine and made some elf sized cookies. He must have known these cookies are a favorite of ours. I grew up calling them Grandma Arentson Cookies and that is their name still today.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Apple Creek

 A new year, a new orchard. This year we tried out Apple Creek Orchard and it was a really pretty place. We picked apples, took a hay ride, and the boys had fun with the apple slinger. We were joined by Tom's parents and it feels so good to have them now living close by instead of far away. 
Post a Comment
Read more

Almost to the finish line.

 It's hard to believe that Aiden turns 18 in one week and walks through graduation in just one month. After more than a decade of homeschooling, 2 years of PSEO, and no less than one million moments that I'll treasure forever, my oldest will be an adult and graduated. Great things are ahead for my boy!
Post a Comment
Read more

Happy Birthday, Cade!

 My littlest is seven and it's hard  not to be sad. We couldn't be without him, and we're so glad he's ours.  At seven years old Cade loves to do what everyone else is doing. He will NOT play by himself, and maybe it's because he's used to having someone to entertain him all the time. He loves legos and soccer. He also loves to read. I am ALWAYS finding Cade trying to tackle reading a book he probably isn't quite ready for. Lately he's been trying to read The Hobbit. While he's able to read all the words, he just doesn't have the depth of understanding to read it independently quite yet. He LOVES Tom Sawyer so he was delighted to find an abridged version to read.  Cade makes up his own mind about things. He will NOT be bossed around. He holds his own, so I don't worry about his brothers pushing him over. Cade also won't be pushed over physically. He is one tough kid. If Cade is crying, I know he is actually hurt because he never cries ove...
Post a Comment
Read more