Traditions

Well, we began our first tradition as a family of four this past November! Right after we ate Thanksgiving dinner we packed up the girls and headed to Portland. We decided that we would begin the tradition of kicking of the Christmas season by spending a few days in Portland, taking in the Christmas tree lighting ceremony, a visit with Santa, the Macy's holiday parade and of course some shopping. This year we stayed in the Paramount downtown, which was perfect for the parade, it went right in front of our hotel. Both girls did extremely well...they did great shopping--might as well start them young--the visit with Santa was a little tramatic...Chloe was not so sure when he was right in front of her and not just that "guy" Mom and Dad had been talking about and Ally decided to see if his beard was really real, by pulling as hard as she could. Next year we hope to add the zoo lights or some time to play in the snow.