The Sweetest Place on Earth.....except when its cold.

It was Honey's lucky weekend. He got to spend the whole thing with us. Who's Honey, you may ask? Honey is the cuddly adorable teddy bear that Bella is bearsitting from school. She got to take him home on Friday and he goes back to school with her on Monday. During that time she had to document what they did, including pictures, in Honey's journal. A really cute idea if you ask me. I'm hopeful she gets her portion of her Honey weekend back at the end of the year. It will be cute for her to look back on this 15 years from now. Anyway, Honey showed up with his luggage (yes, he had a Honey bag) packed with his journal, his PJ's, and a snazzy little Santa outfit. Very appropriate for a trip to Hershey Park Candy Lane if you ask me.

Yeppers, we trekked north to Hershey Park. The tradition started last year with Brian and I taking Bella and Brandon up there. Unfortunately, both years Taylor has had "other commiments" as I think she told us, so she didn't go with us. So anyway, the kids (and Honey I'm sure if he could talk) were super excited about going.

We got there and holy coldness! Thankfully the kids and I were bundled up like the kid on A Christmas Story, but Brian in his infinate wisdom wasn't so bundled up---I guess thought there was going to be his own little tropical island following him around, which never showed up, so he was chilly to say the least.

We caught the tram and headed to the Chocolate Factory. That never seems to get old.....I particularly like the singing cows and of course the oven because its warm. But anyway...
After a little supper and of course a delicious dessert it was off to Freezing Candy Lane. It really is cute. Tons of lights, rides for the kids, but the benches need butt warmers! The kids rode a few rides, we all rode the Carousel, and then it was hot cocoa time.

If you're reading this and are sitting there thinking, I'd like to go to Candy Lane and maybe even ride through Sweet Lights (their 1 million light Xmas light display)---my
suggestion is go for Candy Lane, but skip the lights. So not worth the money! A lot of the lights weren't even twinkling and it took almost an hour to drive thru because of all the traffic. The kids fell asleep about half way thru after complaining they wanted us to leave.

Besides the lights, the rest of the trip was good. The kids said they had fun, and the best part of it all, was they slept in late this morning!!