A workshop, a party, and a parade (and more)

Saturday morning, we went to our second Home Depot Kids' Workshop. This month's project was a picture frame, which you can kind of see in this picture. I guess Ari was more excited about the certificate.

After that, we ran a few errands, including picking out a birthday gift for Ari's friend Molly, whose party was that afternoon. The party was small, but the kids had a great time playing together, and we ended up hanging out for a while after the "official" party end-time.

Sunday evening, I somehow got talked into taking Ari to the town's "torchlight parade" by a few friends... which, as you might guess by the name, doesn't start until after dark. I guess they do this every year, where they dress up all the firetrucks in Christmas lights and put on a little parade. I wasn't too thrilled about the idea of going out in the cold weather, but these are the things you do when you're a parent, so I bundled us both up and off we went. The parade wasn't all that long, which was fine, because it was plenty cold. Even Ari was complaining about it at the end.

Funny side story... some of the firefighters who were marching in the parade were handing out mini candy canes. When one of them handed one to Ari, I prompted her with "What do you say?" She immediately said, "I don't like this." Wrong answer, monkey.

Steelers won last night, so woo hoo for that.

One last thing before I go... Ari's latest artistic creation. That's her in the middle, with our house on the left and an apple tree on the right.