Hometown Holidays!

 A couple weekends ago was Chelsea's annual hometown holidays. It's one of my most favorite things that our little town does and we look forward to it every year! It feels as if the whole town comes together for our children, and the spirit of Christmas is felt by all :-) 

Our first stop of the night was the Teddy Bear Factory to decorate Christmas cookies! We were the first of our friends to arrive, so while we waited for them, Brett enjoyed pointing out the antique toys and train sets in the display case. "Look at that cool train, mommy! Can I play with it?"

 Here they are goofing around the big bear at the entrance of the store :-) Brett still loves to make his little buddy Jackson laugh! His sweetness towards him melts my heart.

Then it was time to get down to business! Let's decorate some cookies!

I don't think I've ever seen a kid put frosting on a cookie so fast! Brett wanted that cookie in his mouth ASAP!

From the look on his face, I think it was pretty good :-)

After decorating cookies we let the kids just run and play for a little bit....

and the laughter and fun I witnessed put a smile on my face :-)

 "I'm going to catch you, Landon!"

Now that's the smile of a happy little boy, don't ya think?! Really, who needs Santa when you have friends to play with?!

After running around and burning some energy, it was time to go do some crafts! The place was absolutely crazy, but I think Brett still had fun. Here he is making a pinecone ornament :-)

Brett loved making the marshmellow snowman...actually, I think the part he loved was eating it afterwords!

Brett also painted a coaster, filled a bag with reindeer food, and decorated a paper ornament. After making all those crafts and carrying them around, we saw the paper bags to put them in! Brett decorated the bag and traced his hand on the front :-)

We then waited in line to see Santa with our friends Kathi and Jen and their son Jack. Brett was really excited to see Santa and kept telling me he was going to ask for an airplane (just like he did last year :-) ). But, just like me as a little girl, as soon as it was Brett's turn to sit on Santa's lap, the fear crept in and it just wasn't going to happen! We convinced Brett to atleast stand by Santa for a picture, but that was all we were going to get...no smile or anything!

This picture is priceless and sure to be a keepsake for years!