100th post and Thanksgiving Point

Well, first of all, this is my 100th post. I know. It's taken me 2 years to get here. But, take what you can get.

Last night we took advantage of our Thanksgiving Point membership and went to a free night for members at the lights. They had live reindeer to see and pet, and then we went through the lights.

As we were in line waiting to show them our card, Ryan looked out his window and saw this:

He started laughing hysterically. It was the deepest, loudest belly laugh you've ever heard. If he hadn't been buckled in his seat, he would have fallen out. He wouldn't stop laughing. It took us a few minutes to figure out what was so funny. But his laugh was so contagious that we all started laughing hysterically. That was the last thing we would drive under, but with the way it is set up, we could see it throughout the drive. Ryan would get excited about all the other lights and we would ooh and aah, and then we'd turn a corner and see this giant Santa again. And then out came the deep belly laugh again. I think we were all crying by the end. We ended up going through again, because the kids didn't have enough the first time around. It's impossible to describe exactly how Ryan reacted, but I had to write it down so we wouldn't forget the event. It kind-of reminded me of when we went to the circus when Michael was 4 years old and he laughed so hard he fell out of his seat several times and then wet his pants. Ryan has a little more control. As soon as we were out of the lights the second time, Ryan calmed down immediately and said, "Mom, can I take a little nap now?" He completely wore himself out.