A Busy Saturday

After the cider mill early in the morning, then the train show late in the morning (my previous blog entry), and then lunch at The Olive Garden, we brought the kids to one of their favorite places... The Christmas Loft!

There isn't much to explain when it comes to why the kids enjoy visiting The Christmas Loft... it is a place where it is Christmas all year long and they are kids... it really is a no-brainer! Of course, I don't mind visiting this store either since the Christmas season is my favorite time of year as well.

We seem to visit this store a few times each year and we purchase a few things each time we visit.

The kids excitedly walk through every room of this sprawling store but, worth mentioning, is the mini Dickens-like village at the core of this large store. The kids are always fascinated with this kid-sized village and they always seem to find something new in this village with each subsequent visit.

It is safe to say that everyone enjoyed this visit to The Christmas Loft...

Lukey's favorite train...

Mackenzie wants to go into this mini village shop soooo badly... can you hear her little tummy grumbling for some baked goods???

The obligatory park bench photo... on this day, there was a giant teddy bear sitting on their bench... he seems to be a friendly and soft bear though...

Looking into the village toy-maker's storefront windows...

"Ho, Ho, Ho!"

Little Miss Mackenzie carefully placed Santa's hat on her head and she magically morphed into Santa's newest elf in charge of princesses and dolls... the magical Elf Mackenzie...