On Saturday, December 1st we went to downtown Oregon City to watch the tree lighting ceremony and see Santa arrive on the Firetruck. We went with our best friends the Edson family. Their dad works on Saturdays (he is a Sheriff) so Mark got the honor of being the only man in the group! Both moms were glad to have him there, especially when we needed someone to walk back to the car in the rain and bring it to us!
So the night was typical Oregon weather, rain- rain- rain! We bundled up in our warmest wear and took umbrellas for all. We took the elevator down to main street. If you don't know we have a public elevator that takes you from the top of the hill to the bottom of the hill, and it is free and has an operator! With the wind blowing and Mark leading the way we arrived at the same time as Santa and Mrs. Clause. The crowd, rain and noise started to get to John, so we almost did not hear the count down to the tree lights. With a flip of the switch it was done! Alison loved it and wanted a closer look. John did not and from that moment on complained, whined, and was just a true joy to be around.
Santa moved across the street into a furniture store where you could stand in line, outside, to wait to sit with him and take your picture. It took about what felt like 10 min. for our little group to agree that we were going to stand in line to wait for Santa. That began the 45 min. wait which was accompanied by John's endless, and I do mean endless, complaining about anything and everything! We tried to leave but he would not have it! He was going to see Santa and complain the whole time. At one point the mom behind us told her little girl, "I can't hear you because of the whining boy in front of us!" How rude : ) It only hurt my pride a bit because it was true. And
I knew for sure that when we got up to Santa, John would refuse to sit by him or talk to him.
Boy was I wrong! John and Alison both went up to Santa and sat right down. He even knew their names and called them over to him! Not bad for little Oregon City! When asked what he wanted for Christmas, John replied, "Things you don't know about." He was referring to his wish list that he had left at home. But with some prompts from mom he was able to say Transformers and was shocked to discover that Santa know about Transformers and had seen the movie!
Alison said, "Lots of things." Again with my prompt she was able to name something off her wish list. All in all it was a cold, wet night I did not want to repeat any time soon. That night when I was putting the kids in bed, they both had only fond memories of the night and how much fun it was. At least I have 365 more days before we get to do that again.
Alison, Mark and John
Loves from Daddy
Jennifer, Alison, Santa and John
Kids in the rain
Kaylee, Jake and John
Alison and Kaylee
Jake and Kaylee showing how all the kids felt waiting in line!
Alison, Mark and Santa 
4 comments:
Excellent! I'd say "sorry I missed it", but really hearing your rendition, is plenty! Glad you went, at least the kids have fond memories. Good job, Mom and Dad!
That sounds like most outings with kids, but somehow it's always worth it.
Oh I love it!! Fun memories. How I put in my blog..."not exactly "magical" (which is what I was hoping for) but memorable!" Oh thanx for tagging along with us I am sure Mark will never fall for one of my "great" plans again. But I was thankful to have a male there, not only to retrieve the far away car but just to have more company. Thanks Mark for being such a trooper :)!! Don't hate me and you have to admit watching a tree light up was pretty cool, right?!! You don't see that every day...
The things we do for our kids(or is it for us?). At least you have great pics that look like a wonderful time had by all.
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