The Santa Claus Parade

Last Saturday, the 15th of November we went to the Santa Claus Parade in downtown Winnipeg. Being in a city of 750,000 didn't know what to expect for crowds or how early we would have to go in order to be able to see so my friend Allison(from home) and I scoped out the parade route on the Tursday before. We figured out where to park, what time to go, how we would get there with the detours etc. It was quite hilarious actually.

The parade started at 5:15pm and we decided to go to the end of the route and wait there. We arrived about 3:45pm with the kids all bundled up and their camping chairs in tow. We got a great seat and had made sure we took lots of food to keep them occupied. We even went so far as to take hot pizza wrapped individually for each of them. We seriously looked like we were moving in with our 2 families of 5. The parade was so amazing. Kristin sat on my lap and just kept saying...."This is the best parade ever!" over and over again. HA!HA!


The gingerbread train float.

This one looked just like Cinderella and Kristin was quite impressed!

Nathan and Sam all bundled up

SANTA!!!!! His Float was quite something. It was so high they had to let him take a detour from the other floats as it wouldn't fit under the overpass.

Kristin watching for Santa

Here he comes

Ben, Alex and Aidan trying to stay warm

Nathan and Daddy

Mommy and Nathan...so stylin I know but I was warm and that's what matters. HA!HA!

Nathan when we first arrived....out for the count.

This is what it looked like when we first got there. Pretty deserted but it filled up quickly. It was a great day and we'll look forward to it again next year only we have already got the plan in place! YEAH!!