it's beginning to look a lot like christmas!

December 3, 2010- It is not officially the Christmas season until the Fredericksburg Christmas parade.  The parade is always the first Friday of December in the evening and all the parade entries must have lights.  I love parades and insist on a great viewing spot which has made me a bit obsessive about parking early.  As always, we park our car on Main Street 2 or 3 days in advance of the parade, then on parade day we are not in such a rush or panic to get a good parking spot.  So here we are the day of the parade and we arrive at said parking spot which just so happens to be right in front of The Fredericksburg Bakery.  After loading up on hot chocolate, German pretzels and Christmas cookies we opened up the back of the car to sit back and enjoy the sights.

Although Brazos participated in the 4th of July parade and watched the Fair parade in August, this was the first one for him to enjoy and react to the sights and sounds.  He loved it!

Please take note of the battery powered lights adorning Pecos' hat.  I also had some that I wore with my scarf but had to remove them because Brazos tried to eat them. 

It took no less than 10 attempts to get a decent shot of Brazos in his Christmas sweater.

One of the few parade photos that turned out decent.  Note to self- learn more about the settings on your camera to take photos of the lighted parade next year!

And finally, our group photo at the end of the parade...Brazos didn't quite make it to the end!