Christmas Bazaar and Other Bizarre Things

 So our internet of late has been pretty poor.  After weeks of working through it there is a slight chance we may be getting a phone line tomorrow which means we may be able to go to the internet company on Monday and just may be able to get our very own high speed internet within the next week or so (there really are a lot of 'mays' in there!).  It turns out the cord they strung outside our window and up to the roof was actually someone else's high speed internet shared by several others resulting in often no speed (although it was only $6 a month!).  All that to say, here is a blog post to keep you reading :).

Today we went to the Christmas Bazaar.  It is a wonderful event full of various charities and local vendors selling their wares.  We haven't really thought about Christmas yet, what with the balmy weather and all, but it was fun to have a little outing, activities for the girls and support some local charities while buying unique Christmas gifts.

Ava was my shopping buddy.  She dressed for the occasion.

Izzy picking out her desired design for face painting.

Eden chose to use her ticket to decorate a Christmas cookie!  Cheesy grin!

Ava picked the butterfly.

Yup, Santa was there.  He wasn't wearing boots.

It looks like Ava was crying here, but she actually got something in her eye.  Eden is grabbing all the free candy.

There was even a playground (a rarity here).

I bought my mom this clay nativity.

Christmas ornaments for our nieces and nephews.


In other news, we are really enjoying Sheldon and Shelby.  I had to include a few photos of them....

And, this is what we saw the other day on the street (right next to the fruit donkey cart, the knock off watch table, the bread stand and the fish guy).  Still wondering if I could somehow keep one of these on our balcony!