A couple of friends, their kids, and Nolan and I started the Christmas celebration off a little early this year with Milwaukee's downtown "Lights On" festival. It was on Nov. 15-the week before Thanksgiving-but we just couldn't resist the idea of bundling up our little ones and trekking into a downtown park full of people! It was really rather fun, even though we spent most of the time trying to keep mittens on and blankets wrapped around the kids. There was a program with local talent and then a pretend Santa Claus and his sleigh made the descent down to the stage at the culmination of the "Santa Claus is coming to Town" song. We tried to overlook the fact that the cable system that he was on hung up a few times and proved to be a rough and slow ride for Santa but when he finally arrived he set off a huge fireworks show that was quite impressive!
Kristin & Adam, Echo & Nolan
Shandra & Amy
