I love living in New England this time of year.
It’s just magical. Don’t get me wrong…Christmas was magical when I lived in the South,too.
But there’s just something about Rhode Island in December.
Autumn flew by in a windy,leaf-filled gust. I didn’t get to do half of what I wanted to do.
It’s a shame we only have one year here. I love it so and there’s so much more I want to experience.
I feel like I’m trying to cram everything in and I’m missing so much!
Because of that I’m determined to really experience the holiday season here.
This is what Newport looks like in December:
a pretty little (and old) town by the sea…covered in twinkle lights. It’s lovely to witness.
There are wonderful traditions here. Last week Santa came down our street on a float pulled by the Fire Department.
Down at the Yachting Center they make an ice skating rink for the season:
And we attended the Newport Christmas Tree Lighting there last night:
Afterwards we wandered down the street to look at lights and get some coffee/hot chocolate.
We saw a bar bouncer Santa on the sidewalk and thought he was HILARIOUS.
He was clearly wearing the worst costume ever, with the fakest beard ever known to man.
I told him “you sit on a throne of LIES” and he laughed himself into a coughing fit and told me “AWESOME reference”.
side note: i am NOT wearing white hammer pants here. those are baby blankets.bahaha!
And then we climbed in the car and went to look at the Christmas house…it’s famous for having a CRAZY amount of lights.
And MAN…though this time in our lives is full of diaper changes,
double fit throwing,
getting frustrated because it takes us SO LONG to leave the house (no matter how early we start),
so much dirty laundry,
a million papers to sign,lunches to make,messes to mop…
it’s also full of so much magic.
trying hard to embrace more of the magic and less of the MESS.
xoxo
That’s so awesome Steph! that Santa was hilarious!! Glad the chickies had a great time! Harper with her arm around Sadie just melts me. 🙂 xo
What a great post, Stephanie. So glad you are having fun (albeit crammed in fun) getting to experience your New England Christmas. Embracing the magic instead of the mess is what all of you will remember, not to mention you’ll have a GREAT december daily to look back on! Thanks for giving us a peek at your fun adventures! xoxo
Ha! “white hammer pants” I chuckled outloud on that one! So nice to see that you are experiencing and enjoying the Season.
I’m so happy you got to experience the magic of Christmas here in New England. I’ve always loved Newport at Christmastime. Makes me want to pack my family in the car and drive the 2 hours to Newport just to see those amazing twinkle lights!
Aw, we spent Christmas in Newport last year while my husband was at SWOS! Truly magical indeed.
Wow Im so Jealous. I love Christmas Traditions, but here in New Zealand sadly we miss a lot of the buzz. Not many street decorations, so I just create the feeling at home. You look sooo happy in the photos, Newport agrees with you all 🙂 Merry Christmas to you all fm NZ.
I’m so happy that your family is having this magical experience. So many great memories are being created. 🙂
I think the Santa at our daycares christmas party this week takes the cake for worst one ever – not only was his outfit terrible, when he sat down on the stage there was a HUGE hole (like from mid-thigh up around to the other side) in the crutch of his pants and everyone saw his underpants! Luckily the kiddies were amazed that Santa was there and didnt notice! 🙂 Your town looks beautiful, I wish it was like that here – as Shani above said that here in NZ theres just not the same buzz.
Beautiful!
GORGEOUS!
Fun!! I LOVE when you post photos of Newport! 😀 I haven’t been back since we left in 2008, and I’m so excited to go back next month! YAY! It really is such a beautiful time of year there! I had completely forgotten about the ice rink! I wonder if I’ll have time to bring Hattie. 😀