Winter Wonderland

So Linda and I had the bright idea to take the kids to St. Augustine to the Winter Wonderland. We got down there at 3:30 thinking it was open all day...nope, it didn't open until 6:00! So, what in the world were we going to do with 2 small kids for almost 3 hours??? Chick-fil-A! They can eat and play till their heart is content...and that is what we did! Yes, we spent almost 3 hours at Chick-fil-A! Mark ended up coming and meeting us there too, which the kids were so excited about!
So, finally, it was time to head to Winter Wonderland. This is supposed to be a free event for the family! Yeah, it's free to get in and park but by no means is it free!!!! Such false advertising! Everything there cost money!
They advertised a 100 foot ice slide. I thought Taylor would really love it. Then I saw the thing and it looked like a death trap! There was no way we were about to put her on that slide! It was basically a 100 foot drop on ice. You sat on a board and just prayed you didn't flip off of it. I was terrified watching these kids going down it that I had to walk away from it. I'm telling you it was so dangerous!

But there was a little Elf village that the kids enjoyed walking through and the candycane forest as well. Then we roasted some marshmellows (which also cost money!) But the highlight came when Taylor saw Santa. It reminded me of the movie Elf when he's yelling "I know him, I know him!" She gave him the biggest hug and was just standing there in awe of him. It was so cute!



Here's our attempt at a family photo...not going to happen!



Morgan was so cute here. We had all started to walk off then Morgan ran back to the lights, sat down, gave the biggest grin and yelled "Cheese!!"



Taylor roasting her marshmellows. Even Morgan enjoyed them! I personally hate roasted marshmellows so I gratefully let them have all of mine.





The highlight of the night! She told me later that she saw Christmas :)


The candycane forest



The Elf village