Clam Lights and Snowflake Lane

Our second Christmas activity was the Ivar's Clam Lights and Parade of Boats in Renton. As corny (or clammy?) as that sounds, they did a pretty good job lighting up almost every tree in Gene Coulon Park. The boats were fun to look at but watching the drunk people on the boats singing their heads off was probably the most entertaining part.

Our third event was Snowflake Lane in downtown Bellevue. We heard about it from my sister who didn't have a better description than "kind of like a parade", so we weren't sure what to expect. I would describe it as a combo light and christmas music show on the sidewalks near the mall with a drum line playing along, fake snow falling, and life-sized stuffed animals walking around. That's right. Life-sized stuffed animals. Audrey was in love.

It turned out to be a good warm up for our next Christmas adventure with "the big guy". Stay tuned.