Christmas parade on Mainstreet!

On Sunday, Chris went to the Rams football game with some customers from work so I wanted to figure out something fun for me and the kiddos to do. I decided to take them down to St. Charles Mainstreet for the annual Christmas parade. I figured it was the last weekend they would be down there so I better do if before it was done. So the kids and I loaded up and headed down for some Christmas festivities! This is what else I love about this city is that there is so much free things to do with the kids that is so much fun. Although we didn't escape without spending anything because we had to make a stop off at Grandma's cookies! These are the best cookies ever and I'm not just saying that because the owner is a fellow parishioner and a friend, but they really are yummy!!!!
While walking down Mainstreet we ran across several of the characters and Adriana was very excited about trying to collect all their cards this year.


My crazy kiddos waiting for the parade to begin!

Many of the parade characters.....





Even though I warned Joey over and over that this isn't the kind of parade that they throw candy, he was still disappointed when he found out momma was right :)
The kids had a lot of fun and we got to see many of our friends down there which is always a lot of fun. Adriana collected over half of the 30 cards so she was happy and the boys got some of Grandma's cookies so they were happy! The kids really wanted to go ice skating while we were down there but I had promised Chris that we would wait for him so stayed tuned for a post on that this week!
Have I mentioned enough how much I LOVE this time of year with my kiddos!!!!!