Revisiting my childhood, once again
pamelamyers | December 18, 2012
Yesterday, my mom and I took Sam into Philly to Macy’s to see the light show. She loved it so much last year, and I always love it too, so we were pretty excited to go. When we got to Macy’s, there was a little holiday display outside the main store entrance. We had to make a pit stop so Sam could pet the horse.
When we finally got settled in, Sam was really excited to see what was going on. The Nutcracker is the first portion of the approximately 10 minute show and it was really cute that she said, “We just saw The Nutcracker last night!” I was surprised that, based on how little she paid attention to the ballet, that she remembered what we saw. And I guess she didn’t hate it as much as we thought because she seemed pretty into the fact that the light show had Nutcracker elements.
This is from near the end, when almost the entire thing is lit up. I Love Love Love the light show! It is exactly as I remember it from childhood.
We had some time before lunch after the show, and unlike last year it wasn’t crowded, so we visited the Dickens Village that was set up. Many of the puppets move so Sam liked that a lot. It is pretty cool. She wanted me to take pictures of every single thing. This was one of the busier scenes.
One scene had this adorable little cat and I thought she’d love it so I took a picture of it.
But no. My goofy little girl was more thrilled with what was right next to the cat….a teapot. She is very into her tea parties these days so I shouldn’t have been surprised.
Grandmom and her girl. 🙂
After Dickens Village, we stopped by to visit Santa Claus. Sam was too shy to sit on his lap, but we did tell him again that she wants some doctor stuff, a game, a Jack in the Box, and a purple toy for Zephyr (and Muffin — Sam never forgets about Muffin).
On the way to the parking garage, we had to pass by the area where you sit to see the light show. It was about 20 minutes until the next show but Sam sat herself right down on the floor and said she wanted to see it again. I asked her if she could wait because it would be a while and she told me she could. She was good as gold and sat quietly waiting. When the show started, her excitement made the wait completely worthwhile. One last thing before we left was a picture with the famous eagle. At Sam’s insistence, of course.
Lunchtime! By this point, Sam was so worked up with excitement, she was feeling silly.
I am the proudest mommy. 🙂 I don’t think I could love this little one any more than I already do.
