A Surprise Trip To The Christmas Loft

The weather was rather miserable on Saturday this past weekend so we had to change plans. We had planned to take the grandchildren on a cruise on the Spirit of Ethan Allen but not in this miserable weather we were experiencing on this day. The cruise would have to wait for another day... preferably a beautiful day of sunshine.

Instead, we surprised the kids with a last minute change of plans and brought them to The Christmas Loft. 

We visited The Christmas Loft with the kids last September and they loved it. Sheila and I knew we wanted to return before this Christmas too and the weather helped us choose to visit again this past Saturday.

You can't sneak him past any trains... this particular one is hard to miss though...

Kenzie is always drawn to anything pink...

This airplane's prop spins and "Merry Christmas" is projected on the prop blades as the prop spins...

Little Rodney Dangerfield...

More trains... Actually, Lukey heard trains when we were still a room or two away before any of us heard anything... he was right!  We found this little train running in a back room...

And, more trains...

Last year, this was Lukey's favorite room because he found a little Dickens scene of a pond with skating kids playing hockey. He was disappointed to find that there were no hockey players this year...

Gee kept asking Lukey what was different about this Christmas tree... he couldn't figure it out. Perhaps an upside down tree is normal to him...

Lukey chose an airplane ornament to buy... Kenzie chose a princess ornament but I don't seem to have a photo of her ornament...

We went to the Olive Garden for lunch... we don't particularly care for this restaurant but it was convenient and we knew the kids enjoy eating here...