Santa's Village

I can't believe it is only 10 days until Christmas!! YEA!! We are getting really excited. All the fun festivities have started. Lots of parties over the weekend and a great Christmas concert. But we did the truly Christmas experience here in Huntsville on Friday and went to Santa's Village. It was an interesting experience. It was about 32 degrees outside so a little chilly to be checking it all out (and Ben wouldn't wear a hat or gloves). It was very crowded but still fun. Ben enjoyed seeing all the lights and festive things. We saw live reindeer which was neat. They had a snow machine which was fun. It was a little overwhelming for Ben at times but he did great. We had to wait in line for about 40 minutes to see Santa so that was a little rough. We didn't know how Ben would do with Santa but when we got up to him he did great. He just sort of looked at him and even gave a half smile for the camera. So not too bad! The best part was when we were waiting in line to see Santa... it was really a cramped line and we smelled something horrible. We thought for sure Ben had a dirty diaper. We were laughing and making a big deal about it. Then when we got home he didn't have a dirty diaper. So the guy in front of us had "cut some cheese" and we were going on and on about the horrible smell! Oppps!! It was rather funny! Here are some pictures: