We look forward to this event every year. Perkasie, a local community, has a tree lighting ceremony the first weekend in December. The actual tree lighting ceremony happens at 7 pm Sat. evening. However, from noon to 5, the carousel is open for unlimited free rides with Santa Claus. Menlo Park, a park about a mile from our house, used to be a fair grounds with rides. A fire destroyed most everything, but the original carousel survived and is still functioning. It is only open one Sunday a month. The only Saturday it is open, and therefore the only day of the year that we go, is the Saturday of the tree lighting.
I knew that Eliza would love it, because she is really into riding rides. Some day I will have to take her to an actual Ferris wheel because every time she sees one, she begs to ride it.
The smiles and giggles emanating from this girl made bearing the cold and freezing rain worth it. She probably rode a dozen times, and we still had a hard time convincing her it was time to go.
Zabien surprised me this year. In the past, he has cried or whined the entire time we put him on a ride. I have had to hold him on my lap while sitting on the horse. There really isn't enough room to do this. However, this year, he seemed not only tolerate it, but love it! He was full of smiles and giggles. I hope this has helped him overcome his fear of rides.
It must have been obvious that our family was having a good time and enjoying ourselves. A reporter from the local paper kept snapping pictures of us. Afterwards, she asked for our names and asked us a few questions. Unfortunately I never saw a copy of the paper, so I don't know if we were actually published or not. We took a break for some hot chocolate and candy canes. Then we were right back at it.
I didn't ride near as any times as Eliza. Carousel's and Merry-Go-Rounds make me rather dizzy. Besides that, pregnancy makes me extra motion sick. v c v
Eliza was pretty excited when Santa Claus came right up to us for a picture. At one point, Santa was sitting in the sleigh directly behind our carousel horses. Eliza pretended that she was riding Rudolph and we were pulling Santa's sleigh. These pictures were taken with our phones since our camera broke after accidently being left outside after a leaf raking escapade; that's why the quality isn't the best.
Blurry pictures or not, the time we get to spend together during the holidays is precious. Especially when it involves children and the magic of Christmas.
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