Papaw and Memaw came to see Elizabeth's ballet recital. We also took the opportunity to celebrate Christmas with them. Part of our celebration included a visit to Santa's Wonderland, a huge light display just south of town.
Before we left, I checked the temperature, and saw that it would be about 50 degrees. Not too bad! So I put the kids in two layers and we headed out, the kids decked out in their matching Christmas sweat shirts.
You'll notice in some of the pictures that Benjamin has a monkey back-pack. It's actually a harness and leash. :-) Yep, I'm one of those parents! Micah was so funny. He kept asking to "walk Curious George". Benjamin quickly figured out the whole harness thing. He would start running off, bounce back, then lay on the ground crying like it was the end of the world. When I would pull up on the leash part, trying to help him stand up, he would pull up his legs and just hang there. Oh, the looks I got!
We were at the park for about 30 minutes when I decided that it was chillier than I thought, and the kids needed hats! Fortunately, I found little ski type hats for only $3. Poor Elizabeth got stuck with blue, but she didn't seem to care too much. As we were waiting in line, the lady behind us told her, "What a nice little boy you are!" Elizabeth looked at the lady, started laughing, and exclaimed, "I'm a little girl!" The poor lady was mortified! Elizabeth pulled off her hat, revealing her bun complete with Christmas bow and glitter. The really sweet lady told her, "If I had seen your hair like that, I NEVER would have thought you were a little boy! You are so pretty!" Elizabeth thought it was funny, and I just felt bad for the poor lady.
The hay ride through the lights was tons of fun! It really is more fun than just driving it! Benjamin, however, didn't agree. He spent most of the time fussing, crying, screaming, or just being discontent and wiggly.
Aside from the lights, we were also able to enjoy live Christmas music, big fires, out door movies, and kettle corn! We had such a fun time with Papaw and Memaw!
2 comments:
What a fun time! looks like you had a wonderful weekend.
Driving between Dallas and OKC last night we saw from the highway an absolutely AMAZING light display ... maybe around arbuckle wilderness or close anyway. It was fun - but not very safe for the driver to be amazed by something hundreds of yards from the highway. Anyway - if you're driving at night when you head to Kansas - look for it. But make Curtis drive and not look at purdy lites!
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