…I didn’t do a lick of shopping. Go me! Instead, we did the seeing Santa come to town thing, and then after a bit of a nap, we headed back into town to see the Light Parade and Fireworks.
At the Light Parade, we munched on coney island hot dogs and fries, and enjoyed the shortest parade ever. *L* Included was the brand spankin new KCHS Drumline. They’re… learning. But not bad for being a brand new concept for our area. (grin) See? (yes, it’s dark. Yes you can hardly see them. But you can sure HEAR them!)
Here’s the floats…
Told ya it was a short parade. *L*
Then we hightailed it over to ‘our’ spot to wait for and watch the fireworks. Somehow I ended up with all the kids in my car – the smallest car at that! – and there was much laughter and roughhousing and “if you kids don’t settle down I’ma kick ya all out!” which they completely ignored of course. guess I’m not quite the mean mom I pretend to be…
The Boy and his BFF just used me as a pillow, though. Hah.
Then came the fireworks, and they were really good this year! They get better every year, they do. There was this one that was FANTASICLY AWESOME – so much so that I totally forgot to take a picture because I was just staring as it went off right over our heads and bathed the entire area in twinkling lights… Yes, I am still a child at heart, why do you ask? But I got some pics, and a short video of the finale too. You know you wanna see it…
Tomorrow? Pictures of the Nephew’s birthday party we went too today. What? i still have SIX MORE NABLOPOMO posts to do! I gotta stretch it out!!!
Which means I was up early, standing in line, so the Pup could be one of the first kids in town to see Santa for the kick off of our annual Christmas Comes To Kenai celebration. It’s nice though, now, as Santa arrives via firetruck to the visitors center, and the line then moves inside where it was warm. There have been some years…. back in MY day, when Santa arrived via helicopter, and we stood outside the whole time, often in below freezing temperatures. But I do think the inside line is nice, even if I miss the helicopter.
Anyway – The Pup has delivered her wish list to Santa, and we’re chilling out while I do some work before we hit the Light Parade and Fireworks tonight to top it all off. Tomorrow? I hear rumors of a party for a couple of Birthday Boys too….
(cranberry sauce by The Girl, Greenbean Casserole by The Pup, pumpkin pie by The Boy)
From all of us to all of you – hope you day was filled with friends, family, and Thanks given to and for those that matter most to us.
And – I wish everyone to have a gravy squirrel that pours gravy from it’s mouth. EVERYONE NEEDS ONE OF THESE! It caused MUCH giggling around the table because it was adorable as it upchucked gravy all over our potatoes, stuffing and turkey… You need one. Honest. (the kids with odd senses of humor who like to make up-chuck noises is an added benefit. (shh! I did not start it!) you can borrow mine if ya like..)
That’s right, I just got back from the grocery store. On the day before Thanksgiving. Where EVERY PERSON IN MY TOWN was racing through the aisles, causing the poor working folk to be all “CLEAN UP ON THE BAKERY AISLE! There’s a 15 cart pile up – be careful in there!” and also “OHMYGAWD WE MIGHT BE OUTA COOL COOL WHIP! WHAT WE GUN DO Oh whew, there’s 15 more cases, just set them down and BACK AWAY! RUN DUDE RUN! She’s gotta CAN OF EVAPORATED MILK AND AIN’T AFRAID TO USE IT!”
And I’m only exagerating a teeny tiny bit. I won’t EVEN go into the chaos around the last two table of rolls. (I GOT MINE! HAHAHAHA SUCKAS!!!)
Add to that, I had the pup with me. And right now on TV, they’re showing that annoying commercial 18gazzilion times, where folks are singing to the tune of “Santa clause is coming to town” and it’s a PSA against drunk driving (Found the audio!). As a result, she sings it. Over. and Over. and Over. again. Then, when we got home, she had the bag’o'oranges on her head, and was singing it, and HOW COULD I RESIST sharing that with you? I couldn’t, so here she is, as a reminder for all ya’ll to be careful out there tomorrow and through the rest of the Holidays…
What? You expected real posts AGAIN today? What do you WANT from me? I’m eternally boring now that I’m at home again. The kids have been sorta behaving, though there was an interesting conversation with The Girl and her BFF who’s mom apparently is still of the old school belief that you can’t use tampons until you have sex. Mmmmmkay. That of course evolved (or dissolved) into a Diva Cup discussion, and other possibilities and the joys of being poked and prodded at the GirlybitDoctor. (TMI? Really? Cuz I can do worse, much worse…) The boy, of course, studiously ignored that conversation. Ha!
I could tell you that my son was fantastic and actually fixed my leaky sink pipe for me – complete with plumbers butt. No, I didn’t take a picture. Yes, you’re welcome.
Or, I could just leave this, my cat channeling my inner thoughts….
See ya tomorrow! *L* (Can she possibly get more boring? CAN SHE? Tune in and see!)
Yeah you! All this bullshit I write? Is mine. So keep your hands off, will ya? I'm sure you could totally come up with better shit on your own.
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[Thus ends the 'Behave or ima kick your ASS' portion of this blog.]
