This weekend is the Festival of Trees in our local town. We will be going to the main Festival of Trees in the city in a few weeks, but I like to support our local one too - it's only a couple of years old and I think it's important to support these events.
Last time it was held in a big hotel on the outskirts of town, but this year they chose to hold it at the mall. They had taken over the whole mall and had decorated trees throughout - you can bid on them as they are all sponsored and decorated by local companies and part of a silent auction.
There was cookie decorating, childrens crafts, entertainment, magicians, face painting and tattoos for children. Susannah was given a big goody bag for being there - a reusable bag filled with candy canes, pens, bracelets, coupons, a water bottle, badges and other little surprises.....
It was a lovely festive afternoon and the children really enjoyed it.
We also stopped for lunch and dropped in at the library to get some new books.....it was a fun day :)
