We bought tickets to visit the Lansing Lugnuts (single A baseball team) stadium, where there were lots of lights, some activities and more importantly, Santa!
It was outside and it was chilly, but we bundled up and headed out for some great fun in mid-December. Our first stop was to see the Jolly Old Man -- we were the first in line and I managed to grab a few pictures (while also listening carefully to what each of the kids asked for).
Jimmy jumped right up like he was old friends with Santa, and I'm pretty sure that it was the highlight of his entire night, if not the whole month.
I love this picture. Jack was telling him about the Nerf gun that he hoped to receive (spoiler alert: Santa was definitely bringing it).
All of the kids:
And then I had a small "moment," realizing that this might be the very last year where I get a picture of all of them together with Santa. As it is, the girls told me before we left that they know that it isn't the "real Santa," because he can't be everywhere at once. And they said that they wouldn't sit on his lap, but would pose for a picture for me.
There was an ornament decorating station and the kids all came home with something new to hang on our tree this year.
They had an area set up where you could buy the (very expensive) supplies to roast a marshmallow and make s'mores.
The boys loved them but the girls said that it was so cold out that the marshmallows didn't really melt like they do when we roast them in the summer. Good to know.
All done with the s'mores and ready to walk around to see the lights.
A view from one side of the stadium to the other:
Not only did they have a small train and lots of lights, there were some moving blow-up figures and lots of Christmas trees.
A little cold, but SO much to see:
My picture doesn't do it justice, but this was one of the many lit-up designs as we walked around:
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