Last night we left our house at about 6:00 with high hopes of giving Jack a first experience of gazing at beautiful Christmas Lights. Our good friends recommended one particular house in Shoreview that they deemed, "The Best Christmas Lights Ever." We had to check it out.
We had received an email with all the details that we needed to find the place. Now Jack is still a little sick - and made it clear after we were well on our way that he was not interested in sitting in his car seat for longer periods of time (anything in excess of five minutes would be a long period of time...). Nonetheless, we had to see this house. Being that I had only glanced at this email and forgot my phone at home we were in the hunt and our only clue was that the house was near the intersection of 96 and Hodgeson.
Picture if you will: Jack screaming, me sitting in the back seat trying to soothe this sick child and calling my mom on Jeremy's phone to check my email so she can tell us where the house is on speaker phone, Jeremy driving mindlessly in every direction near the intersection while his frustration increasingly grows, and my mom experiencing every possible problem getting her brand new computer to "dial-up" to the Internet (she was so sweet to do this for us!!).
BREATHE.
My mom says she will call me back once she figures out how to get online. I sing "The Wheels on the Bus" - AGAIN! Jeremy heads south of 96 this time. My mom dials us back just as we turn West on Snail Lake. We find the house at the exact moment that my mom reads the email. :) It was definitely a treasure. We tune in the dial and watch in amazement asking ourselves over and over - HOW DID THEY DO THAT?? Jack loved it too - for a little while...but then he realized he was still in his car seat! Good times!
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