Baby, It's Still Cold Outside!

For those of you that live around Chicago, you know what I am talking about. Can it be any colder? Winter really sucks! Last Friday we went to downtown Joliet to watch the Christmas parade. I had never been there and it is somewhat of a new thing because they did not have this when I was a kid. It was a chilly evening and Gracie had to be bundled up in her snowsuit because the parade was ove an hour long! Besides the hour it took to bundle her up in this thing, we had fun. Gracie was waving at the people and there were even dogs there so she was really excited. The part that she didn't like was that they were whipping all this candy at you. I don't mean toss, I mean full blown whips! She got pelted a few times but it didn't hurt her because she had so much padding on. Mind you she had like 3 layers on under this! Anyways, she fell asleep toward the end but woke up when Santa came by to remind him to stop at our house on Christmas Eve. Stay warm everyone!