Last night Cory, Joshua and I met my dad at Frederik Meijer Gardens. They were having a member's Christmas Party. After having supper in the cafe there we walked around to look at all the beautiful Christmas trees that they have decorated with themes from around the world. It was a gorgeous site to see so many beautiful and unique trees. We also learned a bit about Christmas traditions from around the world. It sure is interesting to see which traditions started in which countries. Joshua loved looking at the trees but wanted to touch all the ornaments so he spent most of his time in the stroller. However, they have a great Holiday Express train display up that really caught Joshua's attention! He enjoyed watching the trains travel around into different rooms at the gardens. Joshua also enjoyed some time in the teaching greenhouse where they had kid-friendly activities set up. At the very end of the night we took him to see Santa Claus. We figured he may not even go near Santa (he didn't dare go near Flutter, the garden's mascot early in the evening), but we thought we would try just for the heck of it - we didn't much care since we aren't big on Santa anyway. Joshua was definitely not too taken with sitting on a stranger's lap, he kept reaching out for Cory and me. However he did sit long enough for a picture because he saw that he got to pick a candy treat out after he was done (can you tell he is my kid?!?!)! All in all a great start to the holiday season!
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Looks like you guys have a lot of fun at the gardens. Great experiences for Joshua. It's great that you have been able to find so many "away from home" activities for both Cory and your Dad to be able to take part in. There is something very different about watching your children see different things for the first time when it's not just something new at home.
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