Playing In Our Winter Wonderland
When we moved into our house five years ago, my Mom bought us a Christmas Village. We have the perfect little spot to set up pur wintery scene. And my kids LOVE to play here. They literally play in the window for the three weeks or so the Christmas decorations are out. But don’t let me mislead you into thinking it’s all a wonderland here. While setting up our happy little town there was much crying, swearing, and idle threats of packing the whole damn thing back up and putting it back on the tip top shelf of the closet. We have a family full of opinions and strong personalities at our house. Molly had her idea of the way the town would be set up and Ginger had her ideas. Meanwhile I had some plans to make sure everyone could safely reach the skating rink and the cars and townsfolk could get around with out falling off the edge to their doom as so many had before. After much foot stomping and yelling, a compromise was met.
Over the years there have been many casualties. Some have been repaired and some not so lucky. The clock tower below is held together with scotch tape.
Last year, Ginger took scissors to the leashes to, ” Let the dogs run free!”
The tree house has seen better days too.
The town may be a little run down and in need of repairs but it’s a bustling, friendly place once it is all set up. We are even thinking about leaving it up and changing it with the seasons! Our minds are reeling with ideas for this one!!! Just wait and see.
Tags: christmas decorations, christmas village
The “un-leashed” dogs, courtesy of Ginger, cracked me up!