Scenes From a Parade

We once again attended our little Christmas Parade and enjoyed some sunny weather this year.  Last year Jay was out of town and we woke up to a cold drizzly day.  But this year we had the best of everything!  Jay was home and joined us, and the day was clear and sunny, and even got warm enough to remove our coats after awhile.  Of course this meant the crowd was larger than last year, but in our small town it really didn't make too much of a difference.

Here are a handful of photos of our day. 

 Hot cocoa, courtesy of our own Leesburg UMC.

 Happy girl waiting for the fun to begin.

 Jay told me to let him know if he got a sucker stuck in his hair.

 Peanut Christmas tree~yes, those are peanut plants.  Farmers dig up the peanuts and leave piles of the plants to dry in their fields.  We still haven't figured exactly what they do with the upper part of the plants after they're dry, but we have seen some farmers roll them into bales like hay.  I'll have to research that; I assume it's for animal feed.  In any case, the Christmas tree plant pile was novel!

 Happy girl with her candy.  I thought ahead and brought bags for the goodies this year. Smart Momma.  Aunt Katie, we've gotten plenty of use out of this darling sweater!  Thank you so much!

Grand Finale...here comes the Big Elf!