Winter Wonderland at Seville

This weekend I decided to take Little Miss to the Magical Winter Wonderland Tour at Seville, located in the buildings across the street from Seville Quarter.

Once we get through the squeezing through the chimney part, which she wasn't very fond of (you squeeze through two air bags - it gets pitch black), she throughly enjoyed it!  

There were several Christmas scenes, and amazing 3D artwork throughout.  The artwork looks great even without the 3D!  One area even had "snow", which was a big hit here in Florida!!

Little Miss had the most fun running through the area that had inflated candy canes hanging down - we went through that at least five times!  After that was a bridge through a tunnel that had beautiful paintings on it that spinned!  We ended up going through twice, and the second time it made me a little dizzy, so beware!  

Of course, no Winter Wonderland would be complete without a visit to Santa.  Children have a chance to sit in Santa's lap at the end, and then you get a ticket to go across the street and get a free cup of hot cocoa.  

Be sure to bring your camera - picture taking is encouraged!  Unfortunately, my battery was running out so I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked.  

Seville's Magical Winter Wonderland is over for this year, but I imagine it will be back next year!  It's a great choice for those colder evenings since the whole thing is inside.  

Merry Christmas!  

Wordless Wednesday - Then and Now

Little Miss sure is growing!  A few weeks ago we were getting out the Christmas things, and she found this stocking.

We used it when we took a photo for our Christmas cards when she was just a few months old back in 2007.

My how we've grown!

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Oh Christmas Tree!

This weekend we got our Christmas tree up and decorated.  We get a real tree each year, and getting it ready is one of my favorite parts of the holiday.  I love the way it smells, and I love how so many of the ornaments hold special meaning.

Growing up, each year we got an ornament for Christmas.  It was alway fun finding your own ornaments to hang up on the tree.  When I moved out, I got to take my ornaments with me.

We've continued the tradition with Little Miss, and my parents do as well.  She'll have lots of ornaments when she's old enough to move out!

Little Miss also got a small tree to keep in her room this year.  I don't know how she sleeps with the lights blinking on and off all night, but she just loves it!  It's a small artificial tree that I used when I was in college.  We let her put an ornament on it each day.

It's not much to look at, but she loves it!

Do you have your tree up yet?

Frugal Family Events - Pensacola, FL - Dec 3rd Weekend

With Christmas just around the corner, there are a lot of on-going events.  I’ll probably leave links to the websites for most of these so you can confirm them yourself.  I think we’re going to look at some Christmas Lights this weekend and head downtown for the Christmas Market on Saturday!  

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Wordless Wednesday

Are you ready for Christmas?

We still have a lot to do, but I'm hoping for a fun Christmas month!