Pearland Hometown Christmas

This past Friday, we took Katelyn over to the town center for the Christmas tree lighting.  They have Santa come in and they make a big thing out of it.  Its the first year we have been able to go and we had a great time.  They have little crafts and activities for the kids all around the tree area along with Christmas music and a cool laser show to music.  Katelyn enjoyed all of the music and was a dancing queen.  She got to decorate a cupcake and get her face painted as well.  After the tree was lit, they had a guy carving an ice sculpture with a chainsaw.  Talk about cool!

On Saturday morning, we headed to a small Christmas tree farm close by.  We have never been there before, so we didn't quite know what to expect.  They have some activities for the kiddos right upfront and Katelyn was thrilled to participate in those.  As far as the tree shopping...we didn't get much accomplished.  Katelyn was not having it, so we called it quits without a tree.  Total bummer.  Hopefully we can get one before the weekend...I am missing the tree smell in my house.

After tree shopping, Chris was off to a work thing for the night.  Katelyn and I had some quality girls time.  After a monster nap, we headed out to the Pearland Christmas parade.  I took Katelyn last year and she had a blast.  This year was no different.  We got our chairs all set up and patiently (or not so patiently waited for the parade).  Lucky for me, there was a group of kiddos playing right behind where we were sitting.  Katelyn decided playing with them was way  more fun that waiting for the silly parade.  Mommy was ok with that too!  When the parade started, she ran over to sit on the curb and watch and waived intently!  I had a great night spending quality time with the princess.