Getting in the Christmas Spirit

I packed up the kids and headed to Jordan's Furniture in Avon, MA, to see "The Enchanted Village." The village used to be at Jordan Marsh in Downtown Crossing in Boston, but Jordan's closed a few years back. The village was shown at Government Center in Boston for a few years, and now the antique Christmas village finds it's home at this massive furniture store. I met my sister-in-law Julie there with her 4 children.

To make a long story short, the village is beautiful and it was great to see Julie and the kids, but it wasn't the best place for a "challenging" baby, a weepy and clingy 2 year old girl, and an initially hesitant 4 year old boy, who didn't want to see the village but rather, wanted to walk down a dark and empty hallway...ok??. However, once we got into the exhibit Brian was happy. Kate and Kelly were not and by the time I left I was looking for something along the lines of seriously spiked eggnog. When you leave the exhibit, those crafty and super smart owners of Jordan's, make you walk all the way through their ginormous store in the hopes that you might purchase some large piece of furniture you weren't planning on buying. However, the trip through the couch section proved to be the most fun and exciting part of the trip for all three of my kids. All three of them love rolling around on couches (they like to jump too but I wouldn't let them), and so I took of their shoes and let them "go wild" for about 10 minutes.

I could have stayed home, been WAAAAY less stressed out, and my kids would have had just as much fun on our couch! Buuut, I would have missed out on a most impressive (FREE) display and I would have also missed out on the pleasure of seeing some family. Oh heck, the couches at Jordan's are bigger and more fun than ours! I guess when you weigh out the positives and negatives the positives win!

Enjoy the pictures and Merry Christmas to all!