Nothing to put you in a little holiday spirit like walking through your local park decorated in lights, listening to Christmas music, and being bundled up with the ones you love sipping hot cocoa. I could not believe how fast summer had transitioned into fall this year, and before I could even turn around,the stores were all decked out in Christmas decor and merchandise. I DID NOT feel ready. I just wanted to freeze time and stay in fall for awhile. But just as soon as I finished that last bite of pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving night, the countdown to Christmas had begun, ready or not. So, when I read in the paper that our local favorite park was having a lights display (Im a sucker for free family fun events-much to my husbands delight) I bundled everyone up and off we went! It did the trick... the lights, the Christmas music over the loud speakers, the brisk air, the hot cocoa, and even the cheesy looking Santa all did the trick. We were all singing fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-lala the whole way home, ready for the holidays!
The kids loved walking , okay, skipping down the trail with all the lit up trains, sleighs, reindeer, snowmen, and little villages.
The kids were excited to see Santa Claus even if he was a little cheesy looking for a Santa.
Caleb was happy to see the lighted up horse!
Anna was enjoying it all so much that she kept saying she didn't have to pee-pee. You can be the judge from this picture if she was fibbing or not...
This little girl couldn't wait to get her hands on some cocoa.
Well, actually all three of these people were a little pumped about the hot cocoa.
and once we could convince this little boy that it was warm and not hot, he gulped it down. The girls kept calling it hot cocoa which convinced him that because of its name it is always hot!
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