The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Christmas Parade

One of the fun parts of being a boy scout is that you get to march in the local Christmas parade and hand out candy! Luckily, it was a beautiful, warm afternoon – perfect parade weather! Maxwell looked sharp in his uniform…

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and the parade spectators looked festive in their red and green!

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We got to the parade nice and early to get a good spot and then started watching and waiting!

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Finally the parade started and there were some cool floats…

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But our favorite was definitely the scouts!!

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The big finale was the big man himself on a giant red fire truck!

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Ho Ho Ho!

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Such a fun parade with the best marchers around!

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(and yes, they’re eating an ice cream sandwich! The Mayfield ice cream truck threw them out!)

Merry merry in the hood!

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Oh, Christmas Tree

Oh, Christmas Tree,

Oh, Christmas Tree!

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We went with a 10 foot tree this year. Had to trim the top a bit but it fits great. Best one yet! Even if our colored lights were all burned out so we had to make do with the white lights that we had and we probably could have used 3 more strands. But, still, best one yet!

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Let it Snow!

After a full morning of snow fun, the kids took a little rest but then went straight back out that afternoon! Snowball fights, more snowmen, and the best time ever!

Look how deep the snow was!

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Then the snowball fights began…

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My favorite…boom in the face!

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Making a snowman…

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They built this one without any help at all!

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Finally, just a few pictures around the yard to remember how covered everything was!

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By the next morning the roads were fine and it was melting quickly…

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What a fantastic, unexpected snow day in early December!!

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I think it’s definitely a sign that it’s going to be a very merry Christmas!

 

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Do you wanna build a snowman?

So, the forecast was calling for a light dusting of snow Friday morning. I didn’t pay that much attention to it and rolled my eyes a bit when they called on Thursday night to say school was delayed school until 10:00 the next morning. I got up and went to the gym early and a few flakes were falling from the sky. It was pretty and I knew the kids would like it. When I got home I ran outside to get a picture of the house in snow as I didn’t know how long the snow would last.

I took this at 6:45am…

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It started coming and didn’t stop! I then took this picture at 7:45am…

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It snowed all morning long! I took this picture at 10:45am…

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Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! We ended up getting about 4.5 inches! The kids were obviously thrilled and couldn’t wait to get out and play in it. It was the perfect snow too – light and fluffy without much ice on the roads. Thankfully I had bought snow suits for the kids last year so we were all prepared! They geared up and headed out in to play!

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I took about a million pictures of them building snowmen (4 in total!), playing with the neighborhood kids, throwing snowballs, and basically having the most fun ever. I’m just going to put all the pictures up so enjoy all these scenes from our fantastic snow day!

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And that was just the morning fun! They went back out in the afternoon for more snow play! Don’t worry, I have pics of that too. 🙂

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See you tomorrow!

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Art on display

Much like last year, one of Maxwell’s school art pieces was chosen to hang in a local business! This year it was one of the banks right by our house and they had a nice little reception for everyone last week. I didn’t know what to expect but wanted everyone to look nice so we pulled out the collar shirts and a pretty dress! I obviously wanted a picture…

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Yea, that seems about right. I did get this one though of everyone showing their teeth (or lack thereof!)

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Maxwell’s art was fantastic (no surprise) and everyone enjoyed the cookies!

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The best part was that Santa was there! We had no idea he was going to be there and I’m so glad we had put on our “fancy” clothes!  🙂 Samantha needed a little encouragement to get anywhere close to him…

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But, as long as brothers were up there too, she was ok.

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With the help of Robert, she did manage to tell him she wanted a high chair for her baby doll!

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Maxwell said he’d rather write Santa a letter instead of telling him in person so he doesn’t forget! ha! I have no idea what Spencer asked for but I’m sure it was something remote controlled! Before we left, Santa called the boys back over to tell them something…

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I asked them after what he said and he told them to be sure and not forget the cookies and milk!! Noted, Santa, noted.

So proud of my little artist and so glad we got a surprise visit with the big man himself!

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