Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Christmas lights

On Sunday we took part in one of our favorite SClarita Christmas traditions - driving around admiring the brilliant light displays.

We started our evening out at Starbucks, where we met Grandma and Grandpa and everyone got drinks.

We drove through a few neighborhoods, and then parked and walked through our favorite, Wakefield Court in Saugus.

This community has been putting on a great show for about 15 years. When we walked through, lots of neighbors were gathered together, sitting on lawn chairs on their driveways, with (portable) fire pits blazing. In one open garage, a small group of musicians (including one of Stacey's co-workers) sang Christmas carols.

Cora was very happy to find several Winnie the Poohs and Tiggers, though she kept her eyes out for Woody and Buzz. She didn't spot them.

She's recently watched the original Toy Story, with us fast-forwarding through the "scariest" toy scenes, and she's been playing with my old Buzz Lightyear toy.

Many of the homes on Wakefield have a verse from the long version of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" on a board in front of their home, as part of their decoration.

Stace has been reading the poem to Cora each night before bed, and she can recite most of it. You can hear her here sharing the finale.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well done Cora that was lovely to hear We love you Lots and big kisses from Nan and POp xxxxxxxxxxxxxx