2. Bag of snacks for the kids …Check.
3. Kids bundled up to within an inch of immobility …Check.
4. GPS to find the place …Check.
5. Singing Xmas carols in the car on our way there …Check.
6. Parking …Ah, no. The place is packed and the carpark is completely full.
7. Car sliding gently into the ditch when trying to park on the ever so snowy rural road out front …Check.
8. Realising that getting stuck directly in front of the place we were going anyway isn’t so bad …Check.
9. CAA (RACQ/NRMA equivalent) membership …Check.
10. Spilled own blood cutting down tree while waiting for tow truck …Check.
11. Horse drawn sleigh ride …Check.
12. Hot chocolate …Check.
13. Scent of real pine in the house as kids decorate a real tree while real snow falls gently outside …Check.
All up, totally worth it.
I know this is late, but then again I also have yet to finish writing up our trip to Iowa, let alone Xmas morning.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Having kids I think makes up for all the annoyances that go along with snowy weather. They make it fun. :D
ReplyDeleteThat can't be Christmas - they are not in beach gear :)
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