Sunday, December 06, 2009
Festival of Trees
We had the opportunity to attend Portland's Festival of Trees yesterday--a fundraiser for the local hospital. It was beautifully decorated with incredible Christmas trees that were auctioned off ($3,000-20,000) to raise money for the hospital. I've never seen such carefully-crafted trees. To help the kids get more comfortable with doctors, they gave each child a bear and they got to take it through a whole hospital visit!
Jose had fun taking pics, so if you need any tree decorating ideas, take a look. Kily loved all the excitement--especially getting to see "ho ho ho." That morning as we prepared to go, I told her who we were going to go see, and soon found her standing at the front door (with odds and ends loaded up in her hands) saying "hohohohohohoho" as fast as she could.
One of my favorite parts was watching and listening to the band play Christmas carols. They were amazing! I had fun watching the little old men on the saxophones and remembing my grandfather and the very similar band he had played in.
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What a darling little granddaughter! Looks like Kily had tons of fun at the Festival Of Trees.........I love Kily looking at all the presents under the tree. Love grandma
That looks like it was a lot of fun!
How neat! I've been to a couple different Festivals of Trees and just love them...wish I could have a Christmas tree in every room to decorate. Did Kily enjoy her visit with "HO HO HO" or was she scared? I was always too scared when I was little to sit on Santa's lap. :) Have a very Merry Christmas!
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