Today was the first day of Jon's time off.

We decided to make a fun day of it.

Hultz took the day off from school and we drove down to Stoughton.

We stopped at IKEA for some playing and shopping.

Elsie was 1 inch too short to play at the play area with Hultz.

She was heartbroken (and I was annoyed).

She got over it soon enough and had a great time running around with us.

After our fun morning at IKEA, we went over to the Enchanted Village -
Christmas scenes from the 1950s with animated kids.

Everyone said it was something we had to do for our first Christmas in Boston.

It was so magical.

 

They had snow blowing and the kids loved it.

To finish off the magic,

Santa was there to greet the kids.

Everyone was excited as we waited in line.

Elsie was telling me what she would say to Santa.

Hultz was excited to ask him for gifts.

Caroline was clapping and squealing.

All of this changed when we actually went up and met Santa.

We finished up our day with a delish dinner out.

We had such a happy, full, fun day together.