Getting in the Christmas Spirit

So I hope you had a fabulous weekend - ours was pretty awesome! Saturday morning (very early in the morning I might add) some friends came over and we all hopped in the van and headed to Birmingham (UK, not Alabama - in case you were wondering LOL). There is a German Christmas market going on there right now that is amazing!

I was totally expecting something small. Maybe a dozen or so vendors with (hopefully) stuff that was awesome enough to warrant the 2 hour drive at the crack of dawn on a Saturday. I was not disappointed. Not even a little. The market was HUGE and the stuff was fabulous! The guys sampled lots of different German beers and even brought home some pretty nice beer glasses. (I'm not excited about that though.) There was a ton of food! And the kids had a blast looking at all the different toys and "kids stuff". Not to mention, Birmingham is really pretty.

See what I mean? The architecture and the history of everything around us is something I will definitely miss whenever we leave. Back to the market....

We can't forget the food and the beer! We didn't actually have any donuts but we did have some crepes....yum-o!

The kids were fascinated by this guy. Probably because they thought he was statue. And then he waved at someone. LOL

We even found Waldo!! Fun!

And we finished our exhausting day with a carousel ride for the kids, which, btw, went around a lot faster than this mama was really comfortable with. Our friend Amy rode in a sleigh chair with Hayden (so we could take pictures) and said she was getting motion sickness from going around that fast. Who knew that would happen on a carousel.

All in all, it was great fun! The kids are already asking if we can go back next year. :)