Two weekends before xmas, we headed out to lancaster to visit gmom J and Aunt B. We had a weekend of fun planned though we got off to a rocky start on friday. We left later than we wanted to and got stuck in a ton of traffic. plus big guy was sick and not pleased with being stuck in the car. We all pretty much had a meltdown during the drive.
We finally made it to our hotel, a new place that looks like a steamboat from the outside. Our normal place closed down. Check-in was very easy and we went to the fabulous gift shop. the hotel has a cool thing that a goldfish can stay in your room with you. They give you a little goldfish bowl and some food. And if you want they will let you take it home. We named ours "baby fish." big guy liked feeding it, but other than that, he wasn't overly excited about it, hence we didn't take it home.
Our night was pretty quiet, eating some dinner, snacks, nebulizer, bath, and bed. But oh boy, we had an awesome day on saturday planned! big guy was kind of a wild one upon waking up and our trip to the starbucks was the beginning of the next round of meltdowns. Luckily grandma J and Aunt B arrived and brightened up all of our moods. We headed out to the strasburg train station to catch the santa train. And big guy was the angel child for the next two hours. The train ride was awesome. We were in first class and got the best seats on the train. right up front for the return journey when the engine couples right in front of us.
We ate cookies and hot chocolate, listened to carolers, horn players, and saw santa himself. big guy really loves santa, but only from a distance. he loves talking about him, his hat, saying ho, ho, ho. But when santa came too close, big guy hid under a chair. He peeked a hand out to get his trinket, but otherwise was not interested in getting any closer! hilarious! We did the hand crank train and visited the gift shop before heading back to the hotel to nap. After naptime, we ate dinner in the bar area (this is where we had eaten on a previous visit) and went to Elizabeth farms to drive slowly through the thousand lights. big guy loved it so much! the tunnel of lights was super cool! we went to santa's workshop to say hi to santa (again, big guy was not interested in actually saying hi. And next to santa was a model train set up. Heaven!
Sunday morning we packed up and headed to gmom J's house. We had a pre-xmas- including big guy's big present, a new big wheels type bike! he loved it and tore through the house leaning on the handle bars and not bothering with the pedals. Hubs and I opened our gifts, as well. but big guy was loving life! we spent a few hours and ate breakfast before hitting the road. A great lancaster trip yet again!
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