Early holiday festivities

Around here, we are full into holiday celebrations. Last week we went to visit the REINDEER and go to a holiday lighting celebration. We thought it would be fun, since they had a small train the kids could ride, and there were going to be real, live reindeer there.

Well, it was way OVERRATED! There were only 2 reindeer (Dasher and Dancer)... um, what about all of the others? And they were so sorry looking, with only little stubs of antlers! Sorry, kids! Oh, and we rode the train, which included riding in a cloud of exhaust smoke. And well, the kids were just plain tired that day, so they cried riding the train. Oh, well!

Here I am with my dear friend Sally and her son, Luke. They, too, fell prey to the great marketing, and decided to come along. We were all there for a grand total of 30 minutes!

Notice the big tears in Andrew's eyes!

Isn't this the sorriest looking reindeer you have ever seen?

On a lighter note, we did go buy our Xmas tree the day before Thanksgiving. Would you believe we were the first ones to buy a tree at Home Depot? We picked the best one, and it cost us a mere $19.97! Gotta love living in the Evergreen State!

Greta helps with the lights...