Old Time Christmas

Sunday my mom and I took the kids to down town St. Charles Old Time Christmas parade. Not sure if that is the name of it, or if I made that up. Anyhow, Betsy told me about it and said they were going, so decided to join. Its so neat! Its all the old Christmas characters like Jack Frost, the Cratchets, Sugar Plum Fairy, Nutcracker etc, along with all of the different countries St. Nicks. You just walk long the streets, and you will run into these characters. Each character has a trading card that they will give the kids that tells who they are. It is adorable! Cole loved trying to find them all. Then, they all join in a little 5 minute parade where they come through the streets. We had so much fun, mostly watching Coles face. We stopped in a little cookie shop and had fresh baked cookies and wandered in and out of shops. It was cold, but fun! Cole is already talking about next year and we have read the cards over and over!