Lake Lanier Magical Nights of Lights

Gran , Grandaddy, Aunt Tricia, Rob, Jaeson and all of us went to Lake Lanier to the beautiful Christmas lights drive through experience.  We followed behind Aunt Tricia's car as Jaeson sat in the trunk of the SUV with the lid raised up on a quite a chilly night.  As we first got there, the kids saw other kids in convertibles standing up with their heads sticking out and decided that this was a fantastic way to see the lights so we went along...at first.  Doug opened up the sky roof in his car and the kids wiggled back and forth as they both tried to have their heads stuck out the roof at the same time.  As space was tight and patience seemed to get thinner as well, we opted to watch the rest of the lights inside the nice warm car.  Although, Taylor came up front to sit in my lap and wanted the window rolled down.  We were quite chilly with a blanket wrapped snuggly around us for half of the ride until we got a bit too cold and rolled up the window.  At the end of the tour, there is a Christmas village with a live performance, roasting area for marshmallows and carnival rides.  The kids were more than ready to get on some rides so we bought some tickets and they each rode two rides.  The first was chosen by Taylor, who saw the ferris wheel and decided that this was the one she wanted to do.  I reluctantly went with her, as I am more susceptible to motion sickness these days, but thank goodness, she wasn't one to rock the seat much so it ended up being a lot of fun and it was well worth the trip to see the smile on her face as she rode her first ferris wheel.  Joshua rode with Daddy right behind us and this was his second trip on a ferris wheel.  The boys made funny faces at us and had a great time as well as Aunt Tricia was snapping pictures and the grandparents were waving to us as we went around the wheel.  The kids got to ride two more rides each and they rode the spinning hearts ride first which was like the Disney teacups but in a heart cage instead (so thankful that I did not have to do this one!).  For their last ride, Joshua chose the bumper cars and Taylor wanted the swings, but the wait was too long so she rode the boats instead.  A great Christmas filled evening that I'm sure the kids will remember for a long time.  Taylor's favorite light display was Pooh Bear falling into a pot of honey and Joshua seemed to think that one was quite funny as well!