We took Julia into a neighboring town tonight for a surprise. We told her that we were going to see Santa *which we did, but no pics, I'll explain that later* but didn't tell her that we were going to go for a ride in Cinderella's carriage! You all know, or can simply look below for evidence of her fascination with horses, but this is really the first time she's seen one up close and personal. The look on her face when the carriage pulled up was PRICELESS! Literally, her eyes popped and her jaw dropped, and then the smile came out that just didn't quit. Well worth it. And we had such a nice ride in the down town area, with carolers out and about, one house was decorated as the Gingerbread house from the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" complete with the witch that we helped them turn into a mouse. Our driver was concerned at first that this part might frighten our munchkin, we assured her that it wouldn't. And we were so right. The older couple with us were just cracking up as Julia announced "we turned the witch into a MOUSE!" LOL. Then there was the Polar Express house, this was the only other time we got Julia to look away from the horse, she spent most of the ride trying to inch her way up onto the driver's seat and I'm sure if she'd gotten there, she would have continued trying to inch her way right onto the horse!
By the way, that's not snow or rain in the pictures, that's fog! And a lot of it, but I think it helped with the atmosphere. :) The only way we got away from "Molly" (the horse) was by going to see Santa. And that was going well, waiting in line she told me she was going to ask Santa for a dress for Christmas (wait til she sees what he is planning on bringing!) and no, I didn't coach her for that at all! That was simply what she wanted to ask him for. Sadly we got right to Santa and she thought the elf was going to take her from me and she flipped. We walked away, calmed down and tried again, but nothing doing. She did sit next to Santa with Daddy in the sleigh but not long enough for any pictures and wouldn't look at the camera "guy" at all. Sigh. She finally told us in the van on the way home that it was because the kids and people were all looking at her. So guess that made her nervous. :( But she did get worried on the way home and wanted to go back because Santa wouldn't know she wanted a dress. To which we reassured her that it was okay, Santa understood she was scared and he would still know what she wanted for Christmas. I think there was an audible sigh of relief at that point.
So a busy night. Full of ups and downs. But it was a very good time and I think the horse still wins out over everything else in her book! We are thinking that we'll go check out the Zoo another night here soon, we noticed it was really well lit up on the way home and think she'll enjoy that too. :)
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Your night sounds and looks absolutely magical! You guys are such amazing parents. Julia is blessed beyond words. I can imagine how enamored she was at Molly! What an evening to remember!
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