Burke's Junction

There is a cute mini train station near our house. We stopped by at the perfect time to see a Christmas celebration put on by the local 4-H club.

I think we'll have to sign up with 4-H, since we're all big animal lovers in this house.

the coolest face-painting we've seen

Max loves anything scary. His favorite things are snakes, spiders and alligators. :)

baby rudolph

The Santa there was about 90 years old with a scary, scraggily voice. The kids were a little scared, and Sydney whispered to me, "He's not really the real Santa. His voice is funny." Noah was terrified and wouldn't come close.