A busy weekend

We had big plans for the weekend. Phil and Adina and their three kids were coming as well as Paul and Amy and their three kids. We had plans to go swimming and then to go to Yardley, PA for the light show at Shadybrook Farms.
Everyone (minus Phil) showed up around 1 o'clock. We had some chicken noodle soup (yummy, I made it from scratch) and egg casserole. We packed up the suits and headed out to pool. We were a bit worried that they weren't going to let us all in since we are technically only allowed 2 guests. (Is 9 a stretch?) We got in no problem. The sign on the door mentioned that the heater was broken so "swim fast". (It literally said that.) The kids didn't seem to mind and the dads were willing participants and got in with the kids. The kids splashed and jumped around for over an hour. We headed back to the change room. Stellan was wandering around and happened to look into a shower stall. The old woman snapped, "Don't look!". Ease up lady, he's not a little pervert, he's just a curious kid. He won't even remember what he saw (thank God for small miracles). Oh well, some people are just nasty and bitter. The ladies were waiting in the foyer as the guys were finishing their showers and the nasty old lady came through. She pushed her way through us, knocking into some of us. As she was leaving I called out after her, "Have a wonderful day!". Merry Christmas too lady!
We headed back to our house where the kids played and the adults sat and relaxed with a cup of coffee. We then ate chilli and salad with some warm bread from the Amish market (yummy bread!). We piled in our cars and headed out to Yardley, PA where we planned on taking a hay ride in order to see the Christmas lights that were set up throughout the farm. Jameson and Stellan both fell asleep within minutes of pulling out of the driveway. They were exhausted from the swim and neither of them had a nap. I was thankful for a bit of peace and quiet. We got to the farm only to notice that traffic was backed up for miles. Amazing how many people were waiting to get in and see the lights. We scrapped the idea of a hayride and decided to drive in our vans and see the lights that way. The kids were still sleeping so I figured I should wake them up so they could enjoy the lights as well. I literally had to shake them, call their names, and poke them in order to wake them up. Thankfully the lights distracted them or else I know that they would have been miserable. Stellan opted to join me on my lap in the front in order to have a better view of the lights. It didn't last long, he wanted to sit with Jameson in the back seat. Neither of them liked it too much so I ended up having the two of them on my lap. I had made some chocolate chip cookies so we were able to enjoy them during the ride. I have to say, the lights were fantastic. At first it was just a bunch of advertisements and I was quite concerned. Once we got into the farm though the lights were much better. There were holidays characters as well as religious scenes. We drove through light tunnels and saw light covered trees. There was even the a display for the Twelve Days of Christmas: 12 drummers drumming, 11 lords a leaping, 10 ladies dancing, 9 pipers piping, 8 maids a milking, 7 swans a swimming, 6 geese a laying, 5 golden rings, 4 calling birds, 3 french hens, 2 turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. Pretty impressive. We wanted to sing along but the boys didn't appreciate it. Maybe next year.
We got home and put the boys right to bed. What a great day! Long and exhausting but great fun. We love it here!