Monday, December 31, 2012

Santa's Wonderland

We celebrated Saara's fifth birthday at Santa's Wonderland. It is a rather unique place. Charles and I visited it years and years ago and barely remembered a thing. So, it was like for the first time for all of us to enter into this fun and festive and busy and sort of magical world of lights. Millions of them.

Our journey started off in the true spirit of Christmas: during our short ride on the shuttle bus from the parking lot to the Wonderland, the children were belting out "Jingle Bells" for all to hear. It was precious! 

Once we arrived and got our tickets, we entered the Western style Christmas village which was a destination in itself. There was so much to look at and experience. I believe, Saara's favorite part was the fake snow that fell on her (and others who happened to stand under the bubble machine). 

The hayride through the forest of lights was cold but so very beautiful. Saara and Andrew loved every minute of it. I had hard time getting decent photos of them because they were not sitting still but trying to take in as much of the sights as possible. 

It was a lot of fun for the little ones and for us, adults, as well. God willing, we might do it again next year.