Christkindlmarket

Today, Olivia and I met up with Sandy and Adelina and took the train downtown to the Christkindlmarket. Our plan was to get down there at around 9:30am and see Santa. Well, we didn't do our research very well... The market didn't open until 11, and Santa is only there on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We decided to make the most of the day since we were already downtown.

We had lunch at the market. The girls really enjoyed their bratwurst and potato pancakes:

Then, we walked over to State Street and did a little shopping:

We were hoping that Olivia and Adelina would nap while we were out, especially since Sandy was hosting an afternoon playgroup at her family's bakery. Unfortunately, that didn't happen- unless you count the 15 minutes Olivia slept as we were walking from the train station to the bakery.

Luckily, Santa stopped by our playgroup just as it was ending. I'm going to blame Olivia's reaction on the fact that she hadn't napped... although I figured that was how she would react. (See post below if you haven't seen her picture with Santa.)