Colony Christmas and April's Bridal Shower

Kyla and Santa!

Yeah, We got a Santa picture this year!!!

Kyla and Vixen on a Sleigh Ride

Kyla loved visitng Santa's Reindeer

Kyla really liked petting Cupid, she said he was really soft


April and Grandma Elsie holding hands in her new gloves made for couples

April opening the presents we got her

A new tent!

The Bride to be April

Snowman Float at the Parade of Lights

Giant Wagon with presents

Kyla waiting for more candy at the Parade


Kyla and I had a great day in Palmer on Saturday! We started out the day with a visit to Santa at the Colonial Christmas Festival, and Kyla actually sat on his lap this year!!! Last year she was so upset kicking and screaming that we could not even get a picture at all on Santa's lap. We have talked about Santa a lot and talked about sitting on his lap and telling him what she would like for Christmas and she has been on and off on whether she really wanted to go see him or not, but it was succesful! Kyla sat on his lap and told him that she would like a girl game for Christmas and she got a canfy cane. Santa really liked her shirt that read
"Dear Santa, I want...a kitty, a dollhouse, a tu-tu, a purse!" I was wishing that I had put her in one of her cute Christmas dresses, but I really did not expect her to actually sit on Santa's lap. We will be visiting Santa again in Seattle with all of her cousins, so I have another chance to get a Santa picture with her dressed up.

After visiting Santa we went outside to see his Reindeer. Cupid, Vixon and Prancer were all outside for us to see and pet. Kyla loved petting the Reindeer, she ran right up and started Cupid right away and then we waited in line to pet and feed the others. It was so much fun to get to take her to see Santa and his Reindeer.

Afterwards we went over to my cousin April's Bridal shower which was also in Palmer. We had a great time visitng with everybody and watching her open all of her gifts. We are very excited for her wedding next month. Kyla did very good at the Bridal Shower without taking a nap. We stayed at their house for awhile afterwards and then went with them back to the Colonial Christmas Festival to see the Parade.

Kyla really enjoyed the parade and there were some very cute floats. The Parade was a Parade of Lights and there were floats decorated with Nativity Scenes, As Rudolph, Santa and much more. We planned to stay for Fireworks too, but at 5:30 Kyla was falling asleep so we headed home. I was glad that this festival was on the same day as April's shower because we would not have driven out there for just the Christmas Festival, but now that we went we will definitly go back again. Kyla had so much fun all day and said "I love Palmer".