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Circus Smiles

jenuinejen — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:06:40 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, GigglyGirl saw an ad for the circus and came running to tell me, “Mommy! The circus is coming! And, you know what? You do not have to have money to go. You just have to have tickets!” As it turned out, she was exactly right. A good friend gave us 4 tickets to go to the circus. The kids had a blast and Mr. Right and I enjoyed watching the kids’ excitment. BusyBoy’s favorite part were the tigers. GigglyGirl liked the trapeze artists. They both got a kick out of the Clown who was pretending to be the Ring Master and kept taking the Offical Ring Master’s hat. They also both slept very well that night. And they play “Circus” just about every day now.

Extreme Christmas Lights – Installment Three

jenuinejen — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:40:09 +0000

This extreme Christmas light display can be found on Vaughn Rd in Canton, GA 30115 just south of Sequoyah Park. I don’t have the exact street number, but don’t worry, you will not miss it. (Canton is about 30 miles north of Atlanta.)

To get the full effect of this Christmas Light Display you will need to park the car and walk through it, which the owners encourage. They also want you to walk inside the house where you will be greeted my Mrs. Claus, served warm apple cider, and given a tour. Every room is decorated with the maximum amount of Christmas decorations that will fit! They have lots of decorations that move and sing. There’s also a complete miniature Christmas village with trains, fountains, airplanes, and all kinds of other moving miniatures. BusyBoy & GigglyGirl loved it.

On the grounds is a special house set up for Santa Claus. He is there just about every night, sitting on his big comfy chair, welcoming kids and listening to their Christmas lists. And this is all free.

In my opinion this extreme Christmas lights display is one of the best free places to take your kids to see Santa Claus in the northern Atlanta suburbs. I hope you get a chance to try it out.

Merry Christmas!

Extreme Christmas Lights – Installment One

jenuinejen — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:47:38 +0000

We met someone today at a store who suggested we drive about 10 miles to go see this display of Christmas lights. It was interesting, although perhaps a bit overdone. I’m not sure it was worth the drive. But at least the kids liked it.

We have received reports of other extreme displays of Christmas lights in some of the neighborhoods closer to ours. As soon as we get some surveillance photos of those we’ll post them up here for your viewing pleasure.

Feel free to share links to your own Christmas light photos in the comments section below.

Is It Time to See Santa Yet?

jenuinejen — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:57:12 +0000

Yesterday, Mr. Right and I took the children to see Santa at Phipps Plaza, which is this ritzy, expensive mall in the trendy Buckhead area of Atlanta. The Santa at Phipps is THE Santa in Atlanta. You have to make an appointment to see him in October usually at midnight. Why don’t they start the appointment system at 9am? Don’t they know parents desperately need their sleep and do not want to be messing with an online appointment calendar at midnight? Still, this is a small sacrifice to make to see this Santa.

My family has been going to Phipps Plaza to see Santa since my youngest brother was 2 or 3. It is a tradition for our family. We book the appointment around my 3 siblings’ schedules, which includes my sister, her husband, and their 2 children, and around my parents’ schedules. Yesterday one of my brothers could not be there but the rest of us were there.

The children knew from the time they woke up that we were going to see Santa at some point during the day. From the moment they finished breakfast they began asking, “Is it time to see Santa yet?” We kept replying that we would see him around dinner time.

At about 11:00, BusyBoy and GigglyGirl asked again, “Is it time to see Santa yet?” Again, we replied that it would be around dinnertime when we would see him. So, they laid down on the sofa where they were watching tv and one said, “I’m hungry.” The other one said, “I’m tired.” Then they asked if it was dinnertime since they were hungry and tired.

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