On Sunday, our neighborhood put on a Christmas Festival at the Blakely Hall community center and Village Green Park. There was live outdoor music, a 3-horse-drawn wagon ride, ornament and cookie crafts, Santa, Mr. Claus reading The Christmas Story (from the Bible), a live Nativity with a real camel, cider and hot chocolate. The goal of the event was also to help raise support for World Vision and the International Justice Mission. Our church along with another neighborhood church were the primary sponsors and volunteer coordinators for the event. I was supposed to help with ticket sales and the ornament craft table, but came down with a bad sore throat and headache, so thought it best I didn't interact with too many people.
Phil, Hayden and I donned our Santa hats and braved the cold weather to enjoy the festival. Luckily, the rain subsided for the evening and we all had a really nice time.
Hayden enjoyed the outdoor music a lot. He also like the horse carriage ride. There were song sheets of Christmas Carols so the people in the wagon all broke out in songs. It was fun to get into the spirit.
Hayden also REALLY enjoyed decorating a cookie and even more enjoyed getting to eat it! (SEE, I DO spoil him once in a while!)
We met up with some of our neighbor friends and enjoyed relaxing and chatting with them until the end of the event. Santa even came over to our group for a little while to hang and chat. Once again, I was surprised that Hayden wasn't afraid of him at all. Even gave him some "high fives"!
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