We have had such a fun time creating traditions for Helen Grace from year to year, especially now that she remembers them! We went to the Enchanted Forest this year with Mrs. Hope and baby Emily.
After a brief but wild fight over her outfit (she picked one out, put it on, then refused to keep it on her body and tried to rip it off), we finally made it out the door, to visit baby Davis Hudson, and then to meet the MacDermants at the Pink Palace. Helen Grace had a blast running from tree to tree, checking them all out, and she even gave me some cute cheese pics.
The cackles and squeals started as soon as we entered the ‘forest,’ when she saw all the animated figures. She wanted to touch it all, and she ran from one area to the next, then back to the first one. Hilarious to watch.
As we approached the end of the exhibit where Santa waited, she said she wanted to sit on his lap, but once we got in line, she changed her mind. She and I walked around and looked at gingerbread houses while Mrs. Hope and Emily visited with Santa, all the time she kept saying she didn’t want to see Santa. We got down the escalator and out the front door when she busted out with a whine, “I wanna see Santa!!!” That erupted into a full out fit as we got in the car, but thankfully, Curious George in the car finally calmed her down. Where did that come from?? I guess it’s just the typical toddler indecisiveness (and thankfully she gets over it relatively quickly), but it kills me to see her so upset and emphatic.
We met the MacDermant ladies at Newk’s for lunch and enjoyed a meal together where everyone behaved and ate well- how nice! We had such a nice girls’ day, and I am happy that Helen Grace will have these fun, early memories of the Enchanted Forest that I had as a child.
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