This past weekend kicked off the holiday season in Winter Garden with two parades! And we were in both of them!
Friday
Friday night started off with Light it up Winter Garden, a tree lighting ceremony that lights up the entire downtown and kicks off a street festival with music, ice areas for kids to throw snowballs, tubing down ice slides, street performers and more!
We got downtown early and grabbed a table outside at Winter Garden Pizza for dinner and were able to watch from there. Then afterwards we walked around to check out all the vendors. The kids enjoyed all the activities they had set up, especially the two ice slides!
Saturday
Saturday morning, we had to wake up early to make it to the staging area for the Christmas Parade that Rylee was in with her Spirit Squad at school. It was so much fun meeting everyone on the team and walking with her. I met so many amazing people!
The parade ended right near the Crooked Can Brewery, which was the perfect spot to meet up with Brett and Reece. There was even a surprise guest who came in just for the parade to cheer Rylee on!
Nana and Rylee’s Cousin, Kendall!
We had lunch there and hung around with friends for a while, before we realized we better get home and rest up for the night parade. Which was our first time ever riding in the Golf Cart Parade.
We had some friends over beforehand to meet up so that we could all be in line together during the parade. It was so amazing seeing all the incredible golf carts people had decorated for the parade. And there were so many golf carts!
As we lined up and were about to head off, I had no idea how many people would be there watching. It was so much fun to see everyone waving at us and so happy to be there. I think there were more people there at night than during the day!
Afterwards, we parked downtown and hung around as the parade continued.
Sunday
The next day was a very chill one. I made breakfast for the kids and did some cleaning, but pretty much rested and watched an agonizing day of football. (Lost my fantasy game by 1 point and made some very poor decisions with my team! Waa!)
But it was a beautiful day to be outside and we had the TV on out on the porch where we watched for a bit after a round of cornhole.
It was an eventful weekend, and we are all in on the holiday season now! Hanukkah starts next week. This month sure is going fast, I can’t believe it!
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!
Great weekend!