Category: Christmas

Almost done with the December 2011 posts 🙂

We spent Christmas Eve day in a relaxed way. I had a couple odds and ends to pick up and in the early evening we went to church for the Christmas Eve service. We came home and Amelie helped me bake the cookies from an earlier post. We had arranged for my mom and sister Michelle to Skype with us while my mom read the Polar Express and Michelle did sound effects. It was just as much fun as last year because they get so into the story telling.  Then we let the girls open 1 present after dinner. The girls had plenty of time to play before we sent them off to bed.

Then we put the finishing touches on everything and went to sleep ourselves.

We decided to try out Prairie Lights in Grand Prairie this year after talking to several people who go each year. During the week it’s $20 a car and I have to say that it’s an amazing display. Near the end they have a Santa’s Village set up with a few carnival type ride and LOTS of carnival food (we planned ahead and stopped at a drive through just before entering the park). They had a chance for kids to talk to Santa and if they wanted to they could have their photo. Amelie wanted no part of it, but Nadia really wanted to talk to Santa and for the first time ever said she would like a photo. It turned out adorable!!!

In Santa’s Village they also had a laser light show (not worth it) and a walk through forest (totally worth it). The girls enjoyed being out of the car and telling us all about the cool lights.

Nadia loves the Nativity scenes.

I thought this was cute since “The Year of the Dragon” is coming.

After the walk through forest we went back out to ride something called “Bear Affair” it was a tea cup sort of ride where you were mostly enclosed in a giant bears belly. Mike got it going so fast that I couldn’t stop laughing. The girls loved it and Nadia tried to turn the wheel to make it go faster. The girls rode the Carousel 3 times and we shared a caramel apple. You can go on the carousel and Bear Affair as many times as you want in the price of your car admission.

It was a very fun night out and we plan on going back each year.

Amelie notices trains everywhere we go. We can also hear train horns from our house and each time she hears one she says, “Choo choo!” I knew she would get a kick out of riding the mini train so we headed over. While waiting to catch the train the girls had fun running around chasing Mike and I.

I completely expected the place to be jammed with school being out, but it was basically deserted. So we got to sit in the front car!

Amelie was intently watching everything we passed and commenting. She also asked to go in the water, but I told her it was too cold to swim 🙂