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Snowflake Lane in Bellevue is a tradition we've gone to almost every year since the girls have been born. They shut down the main street in Bellevue and usually do a nightly parade and have dancers performing to music while fake snow rains down. It can get crazy crowded, especially on a weekend, but the girls enjoy it especially now that they are older and recognize the songs and get candy thrown at them by the folks in the parade. We don't always post about it, but we did in 2015 here and then again in 2016 here. 

I was super happy to hear they were modifying it this year so that there's no parade, but still music and snow and lights. Our friends, the Wongs, live right next to downtown so we were able to walk over the other night when it was clear (ie: not raining!). It was not crowded at all! Most everyone had masks on too, which was good. There was a big group that did not and we tried to steer clear of them as quickly as possible - they were obviously not from around town because they didn't have jackets on (it's 30 something out!!) and all were wearing cowboy hats. 

Anyway it was a nice little outing to get into the spirit of the holidays. Bonus that on the walk back we got a mango dessert for takeout from an asian desert place that was fanastico!

Bundled up for our walk.
Lights lights everywhere


More lights
This was the first time they put lights around the part in downtown. I think they were a bit skimpy. :(


I love this shot of the girls!



 

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