Christmas In The Village

We almost boycotted our venture to see Christmas In The Village. Who could pass up Santa Clause, free cookies, arts and crafts, ice sculpting, listenting to the tunes of carolers and being in a Level 1 snow emergency with three inches of snow on the ground? Certainly not the White family!! (and they Keyser) So out we headed! Bundled up in hats, gloves, and jackets, we walked up hill both ways in the snow, no just kidding but we did skid a bit in the car, I mean truck. (Never call a truck a car it's the biggest insult to a mans pride).

We actually had a great time. Santa drove up in a firetruck ( I am so glad the kids are not expecting storyline ride in's such as Santa rides a sleight not a firetruck! yet!) The kids saw Santa Clause Noah rattled off four different colored power rangers that he wanted to santa clause, Morgan shrugged into his sheepish slyness and maintained his quiet stealth mode attitude, and Marshall was finally comfortable with sitting with Santa after the first two successfully survived the trip up to his lap, with out injury or trauma!

Then we walked back down the street and the kids made candy cane ornamets and popsicle picture frames with foam stickers. Then of course we could not have left the village without seeing the model train display. I can not get over the expressions on Morgan's face. He was all over the room with excitement. Due to his current vertical challenges he was walking on his toes the whole way around the track (it was up on a high table), pointing to the left, then to the right up and down and all around the track. It was almost like he never saw a train before! (He's seen 4 in the last month)

Then after we settled down and had a nice dinner. The kids remained behaved for the most part until we started to get into adult conversation and discuss tankless water heaters. I know it was such a cultivating conversation I think I heard gas or electric and tuned the processing switch in my brain off and reverted to yes honey!! Shhh the ultimate wife secret to appearing to be in the conversation!

Noah cried about his feet being cold but he still needs to learn that dancing in three inches of snow the snow eventually melts and turns to water. The water does not get warm as it melts either it stays rather cold. He will catch on some day. Sigh. . . kids they do the funniest things!