Tonight was an event called "Hometown Christmas" here in Leavenworth. I know, we still have 6 days to Thanksgiving and I'm annoyed at the people who already have their Christmas lights on the house and lit!! Now my reasons for going were simple, I like where we live and I really love our downtown area, so I felt like we should support all the people and their businesses, so off we went!
Rory of course was delighted with the "surprise" of going out to dinner to one of our favorite places, the Corner Pharmacy. Yes, it is exactly what it says, the soda counter at the pharmacy! It is actually the oldest soda fountain in all of Kansas, and more importantly I can feed 3 kids and me for $20, and that included beverages and a tip..beat that!
While we were there eating who should come barreling into the place, but Jolly Saint Nick! Rory was delighted and confused all at the same time. Where are the reindeer? Why did he take their bells? Where is the sleigh? We haven't had Thanksgiving yet! Of course she was still more than thrilled to pose for a picture wearing her Halloween shirt of course! Now the boys, well, I think they are on the naughty list..not really of course. Jack was either scared or annoyed because it looked like this guys was trying to take some of his dinner, and Brendan was amazed that Santa wore glasses too!
Further on in the meal we were greeted by carolers, and they were straight out the movie, A Christmas Carol. It was fun, until they began to leave and Rory thought that she should go right along with them.
After dinner we went on the hunt for the horse drawn carriage ride..and hunted we did. We found one of the stops, but it was going to be quite the wait, and of course Rory all of a sudden had to go to the bathroom! Luckily the Senior Center right across the street was open, and weren't they absolutley delighted to see us! Rory was the Queen for the moment and the boys were the Kings. The senior ladies were scrambling to get to them first! Brendan was doing a show of all of his different waves and kiss blowing talents, and Jack was delighting them with his knowledge of water bubblers and dancing in a circle until he was so dizzy he fell down! By the time Rory got out of the bathroom everyone's attention was on the boys, so she had to announce herself once again. How did she do this you ask, well lucky enough this Senior Center had a stage, so she marched right up and sang a Christmas song. Well, one man came right up to her with her choice of 3 cookies, a bag of goodies and a cup of hot chocolate. Excuse me!
After the word had come in that the carriage was on it's way to our stop, we piled back into the stroller said our Thank You's, posed for pictures, and made our way across the street to the carriage stop.
The boys were delighted with the horses and sitting like such big boys in the carriage, and Rory, well I swear she was a little annoyed that it wasn't the glass Cinderella carriage, but she loved it!
I know it was a great night, Rory told me so as we snuggled to read our bedtime story. She said "That was the best surprise, and you are the best mom in the whole world!" Now, I know that tomorrow I will be the worst mom ever, and if I wasn't then I guess I wouldn't be doing my job.
Tomorrow we have to jump back into Thanksgiving readiness! Time to make the lists, count the plates and silverware and make the grocery list! Although, tonight was a nice sneak peek into the Christmas Season to come....
November Challenge:
1. I am thankful that I didn't waste me kid free day today.
2. I am thankful that we had a wonderful almost-family night tonight! (Rory points out to me all the time that it's just an almost-family since Daddy isn't here)
3. I am thankful that I got to end my day by chatting with Bryan, nothing like being able to see his face and hear his voice to make the distance seem not so far.
1 comment:
Sounds like a terrific place to have simple family fun things to get to. Evene better that you carve out time to participate.
Now on to the lists!
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