Saturday, December 10, 2011

Christmas!

We went to see the Prairie Lights again this year in Grand Prairies. So much fun...so much more fun this year in the mini-van versus last year when 6 of us were crammed in the Buick... the girls were so excited.

The highlight of our evening though was the final carousel ride - why not? it's free!  Oh, by the way, I hate riding carousels. They make me very dizzy and I always end up feeling nauseous.

This carousel was a real classic...meaning it's one of those carnie rides that you would never let your kids on because of how rickety it seems...

Also, there were no safety harness or seat belts on the horses...

And I jumped on there with the kids before Steve was around....

So I stood between each kid...telling them to hold on tight...when...

LURCH...

the ride sprang to life. i almost fell over...and then it went REALLY fast...

so i've got my arms around each kid, yelling at them over the wind of the fast ride to hold on tight...W obeys, but R keeps nonchalantly waving at her dad like it's no big deal...and i've got this psuedo-surfer stance going on to keep my balance...trying not to throw up b/c i'm getting so dizzy from how fast it's going. and i totally think the people directly behind us on the ride are laughing at me.

Yay! Fun!

R said it was her favorite part of the whole night. Of course.

Fun was had by all, and it's definitely a TX christmas tradition for us now. But I still miss Macy's and the pipe organ/lights display in philly :(

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