This weekend was the It's a Wonderful Life Festival in Seneca Falls. Of course it's such an awesome and inspiring movie so we wanted to check it out. The sun was out and shining but it was 28 degrees and the wind was blowing a bit making it feel even colder than that.
Seneca Falls is about an hour East of Rochester. Kailey did awesome on the drive. She slept the entire time. When we got there I knew she needed a diaper change. Luckily we drive a subaru and can open up the hatch in the back and use the "trunk" as a changing table. I felt pretty bad for the poor girl cause her bum was bare to the really cold wind. She wasn't too happy about it either. I did my best to get the deed done quickly and have her all bundled up again. As soon as she was bundled I put her in the moby sling (one of the greatest creations EVER!) and off we went. I, like and idiot, forgot to grab my hat and gloves, but that seems to happen a lot after you have a baby because you're constantly trying to remember all the stuff you HAVE to have for the babe. Anyhow. We met up with our friend Katie at the Visitors Center which gave us a chance to warm up a bit and make sure Sweets was good to go in the sling.
We walked down the road to check out the lighting of the Christmas Tree. The three of us (Kailey doesn't count since she was sleeping) thought it was kind of odd to have the tree lighting at 11AM when the sun was in full force. The tree is near the bridge that looks almost identicle to the one in the movie. They even have a plackard on the bridge talking about the similarities. Once we got to the tree we stood around a bit talking about the dogs near by and how small the tree was. Then all of a sudden a woman says, "We'll have to pretend the tree is lit because the electricity is not cooperating at the moment." Then everyone busted out singing Christmas songs. It was kind of strange and silly. We'd decided we'd had enough of that and wondered back over the bridge and to the street corner to get some roasted chestnuts. I didn't get to eat much of mine because I couldn't see what I was doing really having the sling in front of me with Sweets in it. It makes doing anything with your hands and something small difficult. It didn't help the flesh of the chestnut was really stuck to the shell. Bummer!
Katie wanted to get the signiture from the woman who played Zuzu in the film so we walked down the street near where we thought she'd be. It wasn't the right place but we saw an amazing house decorated to the T. I can't say I've ever dreamed of having a huge house, but if I did, I would want it to look like that house. We took some pictures and headed back to the Hotel Clarence to get Zuzu's signature. Once we were in the hotel we saw how long the line was and left Katie there to stand in line while we took Sweets to have her picture taken with Santa.
Santa was hanging out in a florist. He was awesome! Full beard (a real beard) and all. He got up when we came in and started talking to us as I was pulling Sweets out of the sling. I was a bit worried she would get upset after being all snug and happy in there and then being disturbed and pulled out. Santa advised us to let her wake up and then ease her into it so she wasn't screaming at him. The whole time I'm thinking to myself, "Santa, I know she's not going to go postal on you, she has been passed around at Thanksgiving dinner (two of them actually) and doesn't mind being held by strangers!" So, he went outside to stretch his legs for a bit and Nick and I stood in the front of the line waiting for his return.
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