Hershey Park

Cotton socks, alpaca wool socks, a wool diaper cover, long johns, pants, two shirts, a jacket, alpaca wool hat and mittens, and a snowsuit - that's what Owen wore out to Hershey Park last night to see the Christmas lights. That's not to mention that he was inside the baby-wearing coat I made! I think he stayed warm enough. It was pretty chilly. I'm not quite sure how cold it was when we were there, but it got down to 20F last night. On our way over, it snowed another 1-2", so there was a nice blanket on everything when we got there. They were just starting to clear it away when we arrived. It really made everything quite lovely!
Owen enjoyed seeing a sled dog show with huskies and Eurohounds (which looked more like Pa's pointers than the Wiki picture - in fact, I thought they were just some hunting dogs that had come along with the folks doing the demonstration until they told about them in the show.) They pulled some bikes and other wheeled vehicles since there wasn't enough snow to use the sleds (bummer!) Afterwards, the dogs came over for a visit, and Owen (who had been eating some contraband pate we smuggled in) got two nice wet kisses right on the lips from two different dogs. I didn't see any of the kettle-corn-eating kids get nice, wet, dog kisses!
Owen enjoyed a show of Christmas music, and clapped politely after every song along with the rest of the audience - even when he was nursing. He'd pop off, smile and say, "clap" as he clapped with the other folks; then, he'd continue to nurse.
He also saw reindeer (which he called cows) and rode on the carousel twice. The second time, Daddy held him on the moving horse. He was pretty tired at that point, but it was still fun.