Parade , etc.

We enjoyed visiting with my mom and dad this weekend. They came up to see Marli march in her first Christmas parade. She is doing very well on the flute. She has vowed that after the band's Christmas festivities are over she will never play Jingle Bells again (and it would be fine with me, too!) I'd better not complain too much. She could be a drummer. Or a MSU fan with a @#$% cowbell. Don't let me get started.

I would post the parade pictures if I had any. There were some taken, but they are on my father-in-law's camera in Georgia awaiting email. I took one one photo with my phone, but it doesn't do well with motion. So I'm like "She's the red smear on the right". We had fun though. Mom gave candy to the big sad eyed little boy beside us, we were right across the street from K.C's Espresso so it smelled GREAT where we were standing. It was warm out for a Christmas parade.

Thanks to my sweet neighbor, we are now the owners of a Jazzy Santa. He is wearing shades and playing Santa Claus is Coming to Town on the sax, and he bobs and weaves like Ray Charles. Best thing, HE HAS AN OFF SWITCH. That way the batteries don't have to mysteriously disappear....

About two years ago the same neighbor gave us a motion sensor Santa wall hanging. You could wave at it and Santa's eyes would slam open (yes, a slamming sound) and he shouts "HO HO HOOOOOOO, MEEEERRY CHRISTMAS!! NEVER NEVER accept something like this as a gift. You will regret it the most when you walk past it at 3:00 in the morning and have to mop up pee with your eyes closed. Also, I'm thinking it was re-gifted. Just a hunch.