The Best Part of Waking Up . . .

Is fire ants in your pantry. No really that's what I woke up to this morning. We've actually gotten some rain here lately. It rained on and off all day yesterday and is raining again this morning. Yay! for rain. Boo! for fire ants. When we have rain following long periods of no rain the fire ants emerge from deep in the ground and take over. And somehow they found their way into my pantry (which is not on an outside wall but whatever). Thankfully, they didn't get into anything major (food), but they were all over the floor. I hate fire ants . . .

Last night we went to Dickens on the Square which is a little Christmas festival our town puts on every year. Friday night kicks it of with a lighted parade. People decorate trailers and trucks and tractors with lights and kids pile in and on everything, and we have a parade. It's not the most . . . ummmm . . . elaborate (yes, elaborate is a very good word) parade you'll ever see, but it's cute and fun. The parade officiants and the mayor dress up in Dickens period costumes (just a fun fact, the town mayor is also our dentist). Santa even makes an appearance . . . sort of. Since it's a "Dickens" theme he's really Father Christmas, and he dresses differently. Andrew kept screaming, "That's not the real Santa. When can I see the real Santa?" I promise no one stared at us strangely (and if you believe that . . .).

I took my camera but forgot my memory card. Story of my life, but I do have a very small amount of memory built into my camera. Unfortunately, I can't find the cord to my camera so no pics. Sorry.

Here's a cute picture of Andrew with his new light up sword. Yes, I caved and bought him a junk toy. He kept asking for a lightsaber. How could I refuse? He has a new found love for Star Wars. I don't know if I've ever been prouder. (He hasn't actually watched an entire movie, but one day soon my friends . . . one day soon.)

Next week I'm taking Andrew and Anthony to Breakfast with Santa (Sarah and Hector are going to Vegas so I'm in charge of the Santa visit). Anyway, we'll get to see the "real" Santa, and I hope Andrew doesn't change his wish list. If he does, I'll have to go shopping again or risk blowing Santa's cover. ;) I promise I'll have pictures from that. The people there take them and hand you a c.d. I don't think I can mess that up, but that remains to be seen.

Have a good weekend everyone. Only three weeks until Christmas!