A couple days after Zoo Lights we took this little munchkin to Fairyland in Oakland for some more Christmas fun. We bundled up, packed some snacks and hot cocoa and were on our way.
It started out like any normal trip to Fairyland. Gabriela went down the slide.
We went on the Jolly Trolly train ride, twice. with no line.
Daddy thought it was a good idea to let Gabriela go down the giant slide that is for kids 5 and older. It was a great idea. She LOVED it, and went for another round!
She also took a spin on the mini Alice in Wonderland themed merry go round.
And then we saw Santa. Gabriela told him her name, she showed him how old she was and told him she wanted a present for Christmas. And she thought it was totally cool that Santa had a tiny candy cane to give her.
Once it got dark, we walked around and checked out all the Christmas lights at Fairyland. We also watched a Cinderella puppet show and enjoyed our hot cocoa. I wasn't sure how much Gabriela got out of the show, since she doesn't know the story of Cinderella and hasn't seen the movie. But the next day she said, "Cinderella's friends aren't nice! Cinderella is sad she can't go to the ball."
Lane was still on his fancy light picture kick. Here's one more.
We went to a little Christmas sing along show. They invited the kids up on stage to shake jingle bells and dance. Gabriela was so sweet up there.
Gabriela was happily shaking away to a little song that started out with "dashing through the snow" but when it got to the chorus, she turned around as quickly as she could, had the widest, brightest eyes, and couldn't believe that these guys knew her favorite Christmas song!!! Unfortunately, we didn't catch that exact moment on camera, but this is still pretty sweet.
Later that night, Gabriela instructed her daddy to take a picture of her. She stood in front of Tweedle Dee (or Dum) and gave him this giant camera smile. So silly.
Next, we walked to a different stage where there was a dance party with Santa and other dressed up characters. Gabriela was thrilled to dance with Santa Claus. After the dancing and singing, we all walked together to the front of Fairyland where they had their Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
Fairyland's winter wonderland was a really sweet, low key holiday celebration - perfect for our little elf. Gabriela had a blast!
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