Light Up Ocala

It is that time of year again... Christmas time! Every November, Ocala has a fabulous afternoon/evening of festivities prepared in celebration of the Christmas season :) There are tons of vendors, musical/dance programs, great food, a parade and even several bands! Once it is dark, the downtown square of Ocala will turn off all the town lights followed by only turning on the Christmas lights on the square! It is super cool and such a fun event :)

This year, we met up with Jen, one of Michael's daycare teachers from when he attended Pebbles, we well as her son Luke. Michael and Luke totally like each other and are such boys around one another!



Before Jen and Luke showed up, the 3 of us grabbed some Starbucks (Michael got a green straw) and we perused the vendors. Mike bought me an awesome Gator necklace which I ended up having to take off later in the evening as Michael likes anything flashy!
Once Jen and Luke arrived, we decided to hit up the cookie decorating stand. Luke and Jen made a great lil cookie but we kept Michael from partaking in this activity due to his icky history with blue/red dye products.


Luke and his cookie :)

We decided to grab something to eat afterwards since it was getting late. We found a great lil spot that had picnic tables and grass so that is where we parked our booty's for an hour or so. After the kids ate, they felt the need to RUN around! Mike and I spent quite some time chasing our lil man around :)

Daddy caught Michael!

Then it was my turn :)

Luke is such a 2 year old boy... super happy and adventurous! Well monkey see, monkey do! Luke would climb on the table and jump... So Michael "tried" to do the same thing :)

See? Silly lil boy...

Since that wasn't the safest idea for the lil guy, we decided to play high 5!

We also found a go-cart and hung out there for some time.

Luke giving Michael a kiss :)

Michael being happy and wanting popcorn!

Jen and Michael playing while we await the lights!

Daddy and Luke doing the same :)

Finally... the lights!!

Michael admiring the lights :)
He did seem confused at first...

but really got into the lights a few minutes after they came on!

After our evening downtown, we met up with Andrea and Ben at Mimi's for desert. They were traveling through town from Gainesville into St. Pete. We were so glad to spend some time with them since they now reside in California and we don't see them often. Maybe they will be the next to have a lil one? Keeping my fingers crossed. Overall, it was a fabulous night!!