First stop, Santa. There is local nursery in Lake Oswego that had a big Christmas event a week or so ago. They had a reindeer petting zoo and visits with Santa. I am not sure if this is something they do every year, but this is the first time we were aware of it. I had heard about it on the radio and so when our neighbor across the street invited us to go with them I was really excited. It is not everyday that you get to pet Prancer. When we got there it was crowed, but not like you might expect. After standing in line, when it was our turn both of my children chickened out and I was the only one who actually decided to pet the reindeer. I was hoping that our visit with Santa would go better, but I was not confident given Carrigan's hesitance even when just talking about sitting on Santa's lap. When it was our turn, C.C. very reluctantly sat as long as I stayed right there with my arm wrapped around her. Unfortunately it was Merrick who did not really cooperate with a smile for the picture. I am sure that the whole reason for the event was to get people to buy their Christmas trees there, but as the prices were astronomical, we decided to wait.
We started the next day with a break from all the Christmas festivities and went to iFly for some indoor skydiving so Jeremy could redeem his birthday gift card. I have to say that it was a really cool experience and I had a ton of fun just watching everyone. I am pretty sure Jeremy enjoyed himself as well and Merrick left begging to get to go one day too.
After skydiving we went to get our (much more reasonable priced) Christmas tree. We ended up with a 10ft Douglas fur and once we got it home and in the stand, Merrick was a big help in the decorating. Since then there has been several times when my mom will point out a spot on the tree that somehow did not end up with any ornaments and I have to remind her about my big decorating helper.
Now we have one more week of school and Christmas is coming up fast. Merrick tells me all the time that he wishes it was already Christmas, but I for one am enjoying all the festivities leading up to the big day.
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