Another reason we love this town....

A couple of weekends ago our town had a tree lighting event at the 'downtown' (used loosely, don't blink) Bellbrook. The park consists of a gazebo (where Hayden had art class over the summer), several swings, an old maple house and a meandering brook that the kids love to jump over, throw rocks in or look for bugs during the warmer months.
Anyway, the event was charming! We met some of our friends and the kids enjoyed several crafts (making a bird feeder from a pinecone and creating a marshmellow snowman which very quickly 'vanished'), there was live Christmas music from a local choir, hot chocolate and Santa himself who appeared. We stayed warm by chatting around a fire pit, when dark fell, while Hayden, Logan and friends ran around playing tag.