The theme for ICE! changes each year, and this year's theme is Peanuts. We did our best to introduce Jake to Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the gang the night before by watching the Peanuts Thanksgiving special and reading some new books. Here's what we saw as we entered...
They give everyone big coats to stay warm. Jake was NOT a fan of the coat. I don't blame him since it practically swallowed him, but you gotta do what you gotta do to stay warm. With the gigantic coat, I think my little boy turned back into looking like a baby. Here are the pics we took at ICE last year...it's hard to tell which is which with the hat and coat.
Jake was too interested looking at Snoopy to pose for the camera...
As I said, Jake wasn't a fan of his coat. Plus, I don't think he's a fan of the cold. Combining those two things meant Jake was less than happy during parts of our time looking. Here's a pic demonstrating a little reality...
But don't worry, he really did like everything at times. Here's a pic to capture one of his happy moments with Papa...
Once again, I have to say the ice sculptures and the entire exhibit was really incredible. Even more incredible to be able to see this beauty in Texas on a day with 70+ degree temps...
After ICE! we grabbed a yummy lunch, spent time enjoying all the wonderful decorations, and saw Santa! As we were standing in line Jake seemed super excited to see Santa. So much so, he was trying to cut in line and do all sorts of tricks to get to him quicker. Once we actually approached Santa, however, it was a different story. Jake simply refused to sit on his lap, so this year we have a lovely picture of Jake sitting in Mommy's lap next to Santa. If only I knew how to work our scanner so that you could see; oh well. Jake did however, love all the Christmas decorations. His favorites were all the trains...
While Jake was looking at the trains and decorations, another older boy came along with his family. It's always fun to see how Jake responds to other children. He immediately wanted to be close to the little boy and was acting like he was playing games with him. Can you tell from this picture what he seems interested in? Kevin and I agree that Jake would love to have an older sibling. Oh well, luckily we have lots of great older friends to step in.
Here's one last shot of Papa and Jake in front of the life-sized gingerbread house...
What a great day! Thanks for the special treat, Papa and Grandmama!
1 comment:
Jake can come play with "big brother" Ryan anytime! Glad you got to go. My mom was saying how she wants to take Ryan there sometime. Looks like lots of fun for me =)
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