Bloomington Holiday Market

Visiting the Bloomington Holiday Farmer's Market was so much fun! We started the morning with chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Literally. We had never tasted chestnuts, so we were especially excited to give them a try. I loved them! Chris thought they were disgusting, but after further discussion, we realized that his distaste for them probably had something to do with eating them with the shell on. Oops.

Then Ethan and Madelyn decorated a sugar cookie! Madelyn really enjoyed this, but she had no interest in eating the cookie.

Then it was off to see the baby reindeer! We learned that their antlers fall off every year, and each new set is bigger than the last. Very interesting!

Then we settled in to listen to the day's highlighted performs, The Tuba Santas!

Madelyn practically did a cartwheel when she found out Paulita 

would be meeting us at the market!

We even did a little shopping and tasted some homemade treats! It was a beautiful day to be outside with family and friends!