Christmas Vacation

Here are some photos of our Christmas Holiday.

The Broadmoor, where John David's Nana works, hosted a Hawaii-themed Christmas party for employees' family. After eating all kinds of goodies, we got to go visit Santa. As you can see, John David was not a fan of Santa, lol. Santa's elves came out and presented every child with a gift to take home. John David got a toy that had balls for him to hammer into a boat. His cousin Eliza showed him how to use it.

Here is John David with his cousin Eliza.

One day we went to Santa's Workshop, an amusement park in Colorado Springs. It was 34 degrees, but we thought we could tough it out. Here is a picture of David's sister Dawn and her daughter Eliza on the train. John David was pretty excited about getting on the train.

Mommy & John David on the train. During the ride, John David said, "Choo choo! Choo choo!" several times. After exiting the ride, he started bawling.

So we headed down to the next ride. Daddy hopped on with John David. It was a large Christmas tree with "ornaments" that you sit in and they raise up in the air and spin around the tree. John David started screaming and crying on this ride. He was probably more cold than scared. After getting off, he couldn't calm down. It was super cold and he was just freezing, his lip was quivering and his teeth were chattering. So, unfortunately, we had to leave after only two rides. John David kicked and screamed bloody murder all the way out to the car. He continued for about ten minutes after leaving the park. But Daddy was hungry so he wanted to stop off at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants, Amanda's Fonda, in Colorado Springs. Mommy wasn't so sure if that was the right thing to do and envisioned John David continuing his screaming over lunch. But it turned out Daddy was right---John David was just cold. As soon as the chips and salsa came out, he was back to his happy self. And yes, our little one year old loves to say "salsa!" as much as he loves eating it.