We had an extra day of baking and candy making. The kids LOVE baking day. We sample the cookies and candy until we are very nearly sick...and then we lay around and watch Christmas movies. I like to call it "FAT DAY". It's one of my personal favorites.
The kids divided up into teams - and Tim was in charge of "Grandma's Secret Chocolate Fudge".
Ali and McCaleb made Tollhouse Cookies... and they did a great job!
Sara and Rachel were in charge of butterscotch haystacks. Once we got enough wax paper put down... they whipped out an enormous batch of the best haystacks ever!
After the cooking... the kids sat down to write their letters to Santa. This is always Tim's special time with the kids. I usually remain in a neutral location... but this year there was soooo much activity - while taking pictures I had to help answer some basic questions. "Mommy... how do you spell helicopter?" "Mommy...I asked Santa for a new puppy." and my personal favorite... "Mommy...can Santa bring JD back to us??" ahhhh... they are so sweet.
At the end of the day - we headed into Paris for our first ever Christmas Parade. It was cold and rainy... but the kids had a BLAST! A local church served hot chocolate, and homemade cookies... usually the way to my heart. But after we had already eaten so many cookies, candy and fudge...ewwwww. However, it was especially fun for the kids, as we knew several people that were IN the parade, and as the floats would go by - the kids would hear people shout... "THERE ARE THE HANKS KIDS!!" They are such rock stars in our little town... or at least that's what they think. All they know is that parades are fun! You get hot chocolate, cookies... and people throw candy at you! What more could you ask for??
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