i did some online shopping on black friday and then 20 minutes before the sales ended, amy convinced me to head out. i rushed as fast as i could to kohls and got a few good deals and then decided to hit cvs and old navy just for good measure. #crazy lines. i've been shopping at that time on black friday before, but these lines were way worse! i've got a hefty dent put into my christmas list, so yay!
we headed to Christmas on the sqare at 5. matt went to work that morning, but came home early, partly because everyone else did, and partly because he wasn't feeling well. and since laney's been congested, he kept her home that night too. it was 32°, so we bundled tight! i must be on a grey kick, cause addie's got a new grey coat, and last years grey gloves, hat, and scarf. then she found the shades so her eyes wouldn't get cold.
then poor sister-hand-me-down looked a cute hot mess with mismatched hat, scarf, gloves, and coat. i buy addie a new peacoat every year, (when old navy does their 40% off coupon) but for two years in a row i got 3t's instead of one 3t and one 4t. so franks will continue with the regularly scheduled peacoat hand-me-down next year. at least she's cute!
we got there and immediately got in line to ride in a fire truck. the line was forever long, so chris waited and i took the girls to look around. first we saw the farm animals.
franks was so excited to see mrs hornbuckle and her daughters there. :)
then we had to ride the ponies.
they loved it.
even though it was soooo cold!
this lady loves her some animals!
chris texted as we were finishing up, so we ran down the middle of the (closed off) street. the girls got a kick out of that. then the fire truck ride!
it was so cool! and they took us all around leonardtown, all the way to the governmental center, where they turned on the lights and siren for us to enjoy.
it was spacious and warm and fun!
frankie decided that she will be a firefighter when she grows up. addie said "oh frankie, it will be so hot!"
frankie was okay with that.
and our first ride in a fire truck was a success.
then we met up with the aina clan. they were with grandma debby and aunt susan, and they let us jump into line with them to go on the horse drawn carriage. aunt susan was going to get a picture of all of us, but right as she was going to take it, our carriage took off. it was pretty funny!
happy girls!
after the carriage ride i'm pretty sure i had frost bite on my ballet flat wearing tootsies, so we checked out the cars and the silent auction, and then it was time for santa to ride into town and light the tree. we all lined the streets to see santa ride in after the fire trucks.
it took them the requisite 3 tries to light the tree, we all cheered, and then we bolted. it was soooo cold! so, matt always parks down the hill on the other side of the square, but i forgot and parked in the middle of a mess of traffic. then christian convinced me to take a left, which caused us to sit in completely unmoving traffic for no less than 20 minutes. and it was a dead zone where our phones wouldn't work! we finally had enough room to be able to turn around, so it only ended up taking us 40 minutes to get about 2 miles.
we decided to go to salsas to celebrate with our college student who i got 0 pictures of. in my defense, she was with ryan all day, but then she did meet us at salsas, so that was nice. lex and chris had been promising the little girls a sleepover since lex got home, so last night they finally made good on it. i snuck down to get a picture. now, if i was a good mom, i would have looked at the picture and seen that poor frankie was completely uncovered, but i didn't actually notice that until i went to bed, at 3:30. by that point i figured she'd probably moved and was fine, so no use going back down. ;)
it was a good black friday!
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