Saturday, December 27, 2008

Candle Light Christmas

The night before Christmas Eve we took the kids to the "This is the Place" Heritage Park for a Candlelight Christmas. What a fun night! There was something for everyone as we stepped back in time to celebrate Christmas the old fashioned way. We danced to the fiddle at the old school house which was a BLAST for everyone,
built wooden trains, shopped in an original ZC,
took a train ride around the little village, fed the reindeer and had pictures taken with Santa, well, we tried, but Massimo was too enthralled with Santa to look at the camera. Arianna has finally gotten comfy w/ the big guy, a first!

had hot cider at Brigham's house, and walked through the live nativity. We scrunched into an old log cabin, barely big enough to fit our small group of 8 yet once home to a family of 13! It was lit only by fire and candle light, what a different world it would be w/o electricity!
Massimo did his best to stay warm through the 2 hour, mostly outdoor event. He is ALWAYS such a trooper!

Enzo could hardly WAIT for our turn to ride the train, and when we arrived at our destination we really had to cajole him to get off! Fortunatly we had another chance to ride before our night was over.
We had a blast w/ the cousins and would definitely do it again, even if we were all frozen by the end of it!

10 comments:

sunnyside said...

What a cute blog! The name is perfect, especially for the Poggio bunch! Glad you had such a happy holiday.

sunnyside said...

What a cute blog! The name is perfect, especially for the Poggio bunch! Glad you had such a happy holiday.

Lindsay said...

What a great place to go! Mossimo looks just like you, same eyelashes lucky boy! Drink some hot cocoa and warm up would ya?

Coordination Queen said...

That sounds like so much fun! Maybe I can convince Jake to do something like that next time we are out there. It was great to see y'all!

Jill said...

Looks like fun! Hey....we went to church in A.F. today and I saw your aunt! Anyway, we sure miss you guys!

Me from Cali said...

Give my best wishes to Massimo for the New Year. You have a great family. -- Paul Belfiglio

{Brittany} said...

I love all your cute pictures from Christmas. Thanks for sharing!

The Kemps said...

What a fun family outting! Your kids are getting so big and are all so beautiful! Isn't it funny that kids are scared to sit on Santa's lap?

Anonymous said...

I didn't even know that this was an option. It looks awesome, and being so cold... I think helps seal the memories for us sometimes. Plus Christmas-time should be cold! :)

kelly said...

how are you! i miss you! do you still check your email. liza and i were talking about you yesterday and we hope you are well! email me when you can! love kel