Best. Day. Ever.

           It was a bit dubious this morning if our plans for the day would come to fruition as my Little Princess was yet again under the weather. But some TLC, meds and a Daddy breakfast of a butter/syrup/whip cream covered waffle did the trick and off we went for the Hendersonville Christmas Parade.

            My mommy friend Kaye roped me into going to our 1^st parade there 3 years ago. I would have never gone on my own, but Kaye was always the one scoping newspapers for family fun things to do that were free and off we went on a frigid December day. The parade was long but it was so much fun seeing my Little Princess and her friend delight in the sights and sounds of her 1^st parade, I was warmed right down to my three socked toes! Then we all headed to ACE Hardware to have our photo with Santa.  LP liked the “idea” of Santa but didn’t want him holding her.  Thankfully Kaye was quick with her camera and snapped the infamous “crying on Santa’s lap photo”  - a favorite of everyone who has seen it.

            Kaye moved (:( major unhappy face) and last year my mommy friend Jane and I took our tots to the parade. Armed with what I learned the year before, we brought a wagon and loads of blankets. It wasn’t as cold as the year before thankfully! Daddy joined us he got to see firsthand how much fun it is seeing the kids enjoy themselves. We headed on down to the ACE Hardware store again and had our photos taken with Santa. Daddy had to sit pretty darn close to Santa so LP would not scream her brains out. (We were able to crop him out of the pic ;)

            This year we were blessed with amazing weather and LP waved til her hands were tired and shouted “Merry Christmas!” to every float that went by. We missed having Jane there – she also moved. (what is it with all my mommy friends moving?) And when her time came at ACE Hardware, LP was all business. Climbed right on into Santa’s sleigh and sat in his lap with nary a scream nor a tear!

            We came home, all exhausted from our day and climbed wearily into our bed for a nap. I put on one of my favorite mommy blogs “Pluckymomo”  http://www.pluckymomo.com/ who changed her super cool music selection to and even more super cool fantastic holiday music!!! We all snuggled together and warmed our hands in Daddy’s hoody pocket (LP’s idea) and I lay there thinking as I drifted to sleep:

Life is good. We are blessed. Best. Day. Ever.