Yesterday was St. Nicholas day so we celebrated by spending some time outside playing in the snow with the girls - I mostly watched since I am still on crutches with my foot in a boot - although I did get pelted with a few snowballs! Then our local neighborhood businesses put on a Winter Festival complete with horse drawn wagon rides, Santa, a tree lighting, hot chocolate and a raffle. It was a lot of fun and the kids had a great time. Ella felt that the Santa was definitely just an elf pretending to be Santa because he was far too skinny so she said she would wait until Friday to sit on the real Santa's lap but Tess climbed right up! We are hoping they will do it every year because it was the perfect little celebration. When we got home St. Nicholas had left gifts for the girls! The both got new slippers, bath towels, mittens and hats, and fruit! They were so excited!