Christmas Light Spectaculars!

Mommy/daughter picture opp! 

Mia and I have Christmas traditions, just like most people do. But our most favorite thing to do during the Christmas season, is going out in search of Christmas lights! The other night, we headed down to Freeport to check out their light setup. 

Their tree is enormous, and lit with red and green lights. I tried to get a picture of Mia in front of it to depict it's gargantuan size, but she was having too much fun running around the cluster of small trees up on the wooden deck. The picture below should show it's size in relation to the building behind it. 

Next year, I think we should have a tree like this in OUR living room!

They also had some "Kid's Crooked Houses" set up for the kiddos to play around in. These things are so cute, and come in a ton of designs and sizes. 

Kids Crooked Houses! We want one, or two! 

Mia thought they were pretty neat also, and had fun playing around in them!

Mia in the Kids Crooked House!

The best part of the gigantic L.L. Bean tree, is that every hour on the hour, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., the tree and surrounding lights become a light show with some great music playing along. Mia loved this, and loved the fact that we were outside watching instead of sitting in a car like some other light shows!

The video below is short, as I had to keep an eye on Miss Mia, but in total the show lasted about 20 minutes. 

What are some of your favorite holiday traditions?!

We’d Rather Be…….OUTSIDE!!!

Mia enjoys the cooler temps of the fall/winter seasons!

Hello all! I hope this finds you all in good spirits. It's been a bit since I've posted, and though I dislike excuses in general, mine for the lack of posting is simply that I'd rather be outside than stuck inside on the computer.

Further north in the state, we found some snow to play in!

The month long firearm season for deer hunting seemed to come and go in a flash. And though I spent much of the season walking and sitting in the woods, I had no luck in harvesting a deer. I even took out the muzzle loader for the two week loader season, to no avail. Oh well, a bad day (month) of hunting, is better than a day at work! And there’s always next year! :)

Ice fishing season is soon coming!

Mia and I have also been out bird hunting and rabbit hunting (searching) on our weekends together. And, we're gearing up for the soon coming ice fishing season!! We’ve had a lot of outdoor play time despite the cooling temps, and we’ve found a ton of cool things to see in the woods. Animal tracks, snow capped mushrooms growing on trees, and tons more!

Snow capped mushrooms!!!

Now, we’re just patiently awaiting the arrival of some snow so we can adventure out in our snowshoes!