making memories

That's what my hubby said to me yesterday. "I want to do something with the family... take the time to make some memories." After much debating and scoping out places, we decided to take our P's to some place where its Christmas all year round.... Canterbury Village.

Now, we really should have checked out the weather when planning this little trip because it was cold! As in, freezing cold. And the village being outside (120 acres of "village" to be exact), in January, with wind chills in the single digits and a light snow falling, it was fun. But it really was fun. Even if most of the shops were closed because they are not open on Mondays.

PorkChop nestled inside daddy's coat and enjoyed snoozing in the fresh air. SweetPea loved all the decorations that were out and getting to "see" Santa and his reindeer again. Peanut loved the pet shop and kept remarking how so and so "needed" such and such thing. Punk enjoyed getting to take pictures of whatever struck his fancy, mainly the "Goblet of Fire" outside the clock shop and the animatronics inside the second largest Christmas store in the mitten.

Hubby treated everyone (well, most everyone) to some delicious homemade fudge from the candy shop inside the village. I even got to pick what flavor I would like best, just to find out that its made with real cream. Bummer. So my delicious double chocolate raspberry fudge will be finding a new home inside of hubby's stomach.

We have already made plans to go back to the Christmas village come this summer when the weather is nicer and we are in need of a holiday fix. Or maybe we will get adventurous this year and take the kids to the largest Christmas store in America. I definitely wouldn't mind a stop there for some fried chicken.