Once inside we started touring the trees. We all came with an item in mind (I SPY style, as Deanne puts it) and then we set to work locating our goal. Robyn found hers first. (Not surprising since she choose a snowflake.)
June was distraught that we didn't find hers right away, but we eventually found a rose,
followed closely by my strawberry. (Thank goodness for the Hungry Caterpillar.)
Ivory chose Elmo and we found him in two places. I am showcasing the gingerbread house because I LOVE that section.
It is amazing what people can do with food. I wish I had taken more pictures.
We did find some pink Daisies, which we chose for Daisy (I know, we are so original), but I thought it was more fitting that I found her name. (On a gun no less. It should make her Dad proud.)
Sadly we never found any legos for Tyler. We didn't see all the trees so perhaps the legos were hiding in the middle section.
Our trip usually goes something like this:
Peruse trees until children become bored. (I can sometimes stretch them to 15 minutes, but they really aren't that enthralled by the trees. Silly creatures.)
Find something to eat because no one gets bored of cinnamon rolls and scones. Plus, the parents love to find the messiest snack available just to make things interesting.
Shortly thereafter we wander over to the stage area to watch the dancing and entertainment. This is Tyler's favorite part and the girls seem to enjoy it as well.
Mom then begs to be allowed to go back to look at the gingerbread houses and more trees and if she is lucky she will be given a rendezvous time. (This year Tyler gave me twenty whole minutes to myself to explore. Yippy skippy.)
Somewhere in there we let the kids go over to the the Small Fry area and choose a treat (June chose her calendar again this year) and then it is time to go home.
Sometimes I feel it takes more time to drive there and back, but the memories seem to be sticking. June remembered a lot of what we did last year and everyone seemed to have a good time. Maybe some day I can even talk Tyler into taking me as a date so I can see more stuff, but in the meantime, I will chalk this one up to family time and take what I can get.
p.s. I love this picture because of the holey smiles, the fact that I didn't move three feet to the left to avoid shooting the door, and how Daisy's hair looks ridiculous. We are working on finding some kind of style for it, but it is a work in progress.
7 comments:
That photo of all your girls is adorable! Congrats finding all your items. I don't think I saw any legos either. It looks like you had a great time!
It looks like you guys had a great time! And don't worry about the picture... (First of all, I think it's so stinking cute. Any picture of your adorbale girls is a good picture!) I too have PLENTY of pictures with doors and questionable hair-dos and many, many more "flaws". ;)
Sounds like fun! I find that the scone they give you there is literally the messiest thing ever. Must they dip it in sugar? Surely it's just as good plain!
Sounds like so much fun. And I must say that I LOVED all your girls testimonies yesterday. So sweet!
Love the picture of your girls. I think Ivory is the only one without a hole in her mouth? So fun!
I have to agree about the desire for a date night - I'd love to be on my own schedule, not my kids.
I don't believe I saw a tree with Legos (which probably would've been Mark's item as he LOVES Legos), and I did manage to see all the trees. My sister and I went (kidless!) so we were able to take our time and it was fun! Those scones and cinnamon rolls are so delish! Fun idea to go with a particular "I Spy" item in mind to look for....btw - you may not have seen this one, but there was one tree that had the Christmas I Spy theme.
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