Christmas Part I

The weekend after Thanksgiving we kicked off our Christmas big time by going downtown to the Providence Festival of Trees. Our Friend Heather did another tree this year with A Candyland Theme. Doesn't it look delicious...I mean beautiful?

Heather's tree got our vote for best tree but my runner up was this light installation/Christmas tree. In some alternate universe where I live in a chic downtown loft this is the tree I would want.

Nolan's runner up was this one covered in plush puppies.

The best part about this event (other then getting to see my talented friends' work of art) is that Santa is there, starting his shopping list. 

Yep, this is the best they could get. At one point Miles tried to lick Santa's beard.

Nolan asked Santa for a "special green car" but wouldn't elaborate on what makes it special. We will see if Santa's interpretations meets Nolan's expectations.

I also managed to get a quick family photo before Miles' started to fuss and we had to high tail it home.

Since you can't really appreciate the cuteness of Miles outfit in either photo, here's another one I took when we got home. His neck rolls were hiding his bow tie!