Christmas Fun

The time of year that I enjoy most has come upon us, and with it comes the hustle and bustle of cookie-making, shopping, parties, visits with Santa, list-making, more shopping, "light-seeing", and all the other activities special to this time of year. We are currently visiting Matt's family in New York, so I found some time to slip away and blog...something I have missed. So, although this won't be a full blog post, it will give you a glimpse into our lives and what we have been up to lately.

Last weekend, we drove to Dillwyn, Virginia to board the Santa Train - something I have been longing to do for quite some time after hearing about it. The drive took us a little over 1 hour and 20 minutes and the train ride itself was about 40 minutes...20 minutes one way and then 20 minutes back. During the first 5 minutes, the train stopped to pick up Santa Claus. He spent the first half of the trip in the first car, visiting with each and every child - in their seat. He wasn't too "jolly" nor conversational, but after some prodding and encouragement, Connor and Carly shared their wish list with him. Connor decided that he'd write Santa a letter when we got home because he didn't have time to share his entire list during the visit. Although Matt and I weren't all that impressed with the event, we know the kids had a great time and enjoyed it immensely.

Connor and Carly both had their Christmas parties in school last week. The highlight of Connor's party was the Christmas Tree decorating contest...human Christmas trees! The Legendary Santa made his annual visit to North Run and allowed all of the children to sit on his lap and share their Christmas wishes with him.

'Tis the season...