Festival Of Trees

Just exactly what are people supposed to do when it is below freezing outside all day long for days on end? Here is one idea...go to the Festival of Trees.

Before we went into the building, we talked about what kind of tree each one of us would be looking for. Brooke wanted to see a My Little Pony tree. Imagine her glee when she spotted this tree! Okay, continue to imagine. This face might not depict her utter delight, but she was really thrilled to find a pony tree.

 Later on she found another My Little Pony tree. Doesn't she look so happy about her discovery?

Caroline loved all trees that had dolls, and there were a lot of them.

She was hoping to find Dora and Rapunzel. 

Spencer was on the hunt for Lightning McQueen.  

 He was so enamored with the car he could not take his eyes away from it long enough to pose for a picture.

Here is something else that caught Spencer's eye when we were making a third trip to the drinking fountain for Caroline. Another cool car!

I was on the look-out for a Mickey Mouse tree. Look how happy I am when I found one--complete with a Mickey house with Mickey head shingles.

Spencer found a police car and was wishing he could climb inside with the bear.

Despite the instructions to the children at the beginning of our activity, Spencer had a hard time containing himself outside the white chain. When there were trucks and trains near the barrier, he just had to plop down on his knees and inch closer and closer to the display until he was touching the item that had gotten his attention.

He was really pretty good. There was only one runaway incident. He had his mind set on something at the other end of that huge convention center and he was off.

My vision of capturing the cutest picture of the three cute children with the cute snowman turned out to be a fruitless endeavor. Despite Brooke's preoccupation with posing her stuffed animal in the perfect pose on the snowman's arm, this is a pretty good shot of her.

It was a fun activity for a very cold winter day. The snowman reminded us to bundle up on our way out the door because it hadn't gotten any warmer outside while we were inside.