Thanksgiving and Holiday in the Park

We had a great Thanksgiving this year.  The food was great and it was really good to see Uncle Kimball who was visiting from London.  This is the only picture I got that day, Russ wasn't very happy about being pinned down.  Typical lately, he is SO busy and will not sit still for even a minute.

 The day after Thanksgiving, we decided to do something different than usual.  We have season passes for Discovery Kingdom, and they were doing a Season Pass holder appreciation day, so we decided to go down and have a fun day.  It was really fun too!

 This is what happens after one small candy cane.  He is so stinking cute!

 They had free cookies and hot chocolate for the season pass holders, so it was fun to go and have that, the cookies were really good but the hot cocoa was NOT!  The girls were not impressed.  I guess I have gotten them to used to having Stephens hot chocolate made with milk.  They said it tasted like brown hot water.  I love the way Janie is looking at her Dad in this picture!  So cute.

 There were lots of different things to do than usual, so that was really fun for the kids.  The park was really decorated for Christmas and the girls loved all the decor.

 I took Russ for his first ride on the carousel.  At first he wasn't very excited until it started moving and then he thought it was cool for a bit and then he was done and just wanted off.

 There were some Christmas Dancers who did a little show, that the girls really liked.  Lizzy turned to me during the performance and said "Isn't this so fun mom!"  I love her enthusiasm for everything.

 There even was a sledding hill with real snow, but the lines were way too long so the girls were okay with going and playing in the snow area.  It has been a few years since they have seen snow and they have sort of forgotten what it was like, so they were thrilled.  I am thrilled that they don't know what it is like.  I love not living in a snowy place.  Although there is a lot of snow pretty close by, we just need to take them to see it this winter.

Russy and Dad enjoying their popcorn.  Russ is really starting to get attached to Kevin,  it is really cute.

 This is Russ seeing the lights on the trees.  He was enthralled!  He couldn't stops saying "ooo, ooo"  over and over.  He still does it every time he sees even our lights on our tree.

We had a lot of fun going and if we stay here, we might have to make it a family tradition!  It sure beat trying to go Christmas shopping in all the crazy stores!