Santa's Wonderland...

We went to Santa's Wonderland in College Station last night.  It was great.

It rained here all day yesterday and it was still dark and cloudy when we left.  I guess the weather scared enough people away that it wasn't crowded at all.  We got there and it was muddy, but not a drop of rain!

We did the hayride first.  It was 2 huge trailers full of square bales.  They were playing Christmas music all thru out the ride and there were 1,000s of lights.  Aunt Mimi, Uncle Matt, William and Gram and Pawpaw went with us.  The kids loved the hayride and lights.  There were light tunnels that you drove thru and William got so excited.  There were blue Christmas trees made out of lights and Erin loved those.  She told me last night in bed that her favorite part of the night was "my blues".  So, apparently, we now possess blue light trees in Aggieland!

Santa was there too and we got our picture taken with him.  He was the world's nicest Santa!  William and Erin didn't warm up to him for a while.  He had a glove with a finger that lit up red so he eventually talked them into sitting by him.  (Yes, we were suckers and bought the picture!)  I didn't think about the picture with Santa and didn't change Erin's shirt, so I left her coat on.  She looks like a big pink marshmallow!

Another hit was the mechanical bull!  The guys working the bull were nice enough to let the kids up there to "pet" him.  While they were up there the guy put William on the bull and showed him how to hold on.  William wasn't quite sure about that but went with it.  Of course when he got up there, Erin had to do it too.  So we got pictures of her up there.  She put her arm in the air like they told her to and loved it. 

Last but not least was the petting zoo.  What kid doesn't love a petting zoo.  We were all okay until Erin noticed Momma Camel pinned up in the corner and her baby running around with all those goats and kids.  She was pacing and making camel noises and showing her displeasure.  It scared Erin because she had her back to it when the camel started.  She turned around and told her to stop and told her that wasn't nice!!!  Erin did her normal petting zoo thing and ran from goat to calf to goat touching them all on the back once and then running on to the next goat.  Not sure what that's about, but she does it at every petting zoo.

A good time was had by all and I see a new tradition in our future!