Christkindlmarket and the Christmas El

Don has been so excited to show the kids the Christmas El. Essentially it the regular El train that is decked out in Christmas decorations. So we timed a trip downtown so we could take the El. Don was so nervous that we were going to miss it since the Christmas El only stops in Oak Park 4 days out of the season. But we made it, although I think it was more fun for us then the kids. After the Christmas El we went to the Christkindlmarket downtown at the Daley Center. We picked out the girls' yearly ornaments and had some glug and pretzels. It was fun to see all the German hand crafted items and to pose for pictures by the Daley Center Christmas tree. Lila pretty much slept the whole time all bundled up in the Bjorn. She did open her eyes a little bit to check out the Christmas El!

When the Christmas El arrived we were so excited to see it all lite up. There was even a Santa on it, which is how we discovered that Lucy is still terrified of Santa. Here we were trying to plan a fun family memory and Lucy is screaming her head off, "santa it too scary to me!"