Pajama Ride

Every year we take the kids on a pajama ride to go look at Christmas lights. This year Caroline received an early Christmas present and we turned her car seat around to face forward. She finally hit 20 pounds this week at 17 months. She did not know what to think. So, here they are forward facing together ready to go. They both have their school nap mats on their laps to be all snuggly. They do this almost every time they are in the car in the winter. I found a website that had addresses of houses with cool decorations and I plotted them all out on a map. We started in the neighborhood around our church and then finished in a part of town where there are such great lights that several shopping centers have horse drawn carriages that you can rent to take you through the neighborhoods. Here are some of the photos. They are not great as it is hard to take night shots without a tripod.

Lone Star Santa

The Panda Bear Band - there was music playing.

A beautiful tree through a gate.

Another Lone Star Santa.

I think this was my favorite house. The trees moved and there were jack in the boxes along with a lot of lights.

Katherine really wanted to get out but then she was cold.
There were a few Nativity scenes in yards and churches.

And more Santa's. Every time we would see a Santa, Katherine would say, "Mommy, it that real or a pretend Santa?"We love our tradition of a pajama ride.