![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama boy on carousel — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6508.jpg)
We went downtown with some friends to ride the holiday carousel
and partake in ogling festoonery.
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama family on carousel — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6505.jpg)
One set of said friends!
{Many of these pictures are Shannon's, by the by.
I'll credit them by linking them to her site.}
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama family — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/600_189229272.jpg)
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama balloon man making animals — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6514.jpg)
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama balloon sword — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6518.jpg)
Nothing says the holidays are here like a balloon sword.
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama huge menorah — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6521.jpg)
Happy Hanukkah!
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama blue painted Hanukkah trees — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/600_189229332.jpg)
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama teddy bear suite — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/600_189230072.jpg)
We visited the hotel with the famous Teddy Bear Suite …
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/600_189229522.jpg)
… where we got to witness a blatant display of naughty-list sexism.
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama Miners Landing gingerbread house — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6529.jpg)
I did like this edible replica of one of Mikko's favorite waterfront haunts.
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama baby pointing at gingerbread house display case — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/600_189229852.jpg)
Alrik was also a fan.
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama toddler in front of teddy bears — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6530.jpg)
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama girl and toddler boy holding hands — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/600_189230202.jpg)
Aw!
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama boy and girl running down the sidewalk — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/600_189230272.jpg)
Then it was time to run to another hotel to see the gingerbread houses on display.
Well, some of us ran. Most of us walked.
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama Brothers Grimm gingerbread house — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6552.jpg)
Brothers Grimm castle
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama Brothers Grimm fairy tales list — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/600_189231272.jpg)
How many of these fairy tales have you read?
If you want to brush up, might I suggest my favorite translation and
recommend you start with "Hans My Hedgehog"?
HI-larious (and not listed here — oversight, I'm sure).
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama Aladdin — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6543.jpg)
Aladdin and the sultan's palace
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama Little Mermaid — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6544.jpg)
Little Mermaid (and keep in mind this is all edible!)
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama Beauty and the Beast — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6548.jpg)
Beauty and the Beast
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama Narnia — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6563.jpg)
Step through the wardrobe into Narnia and meet with Father Christmas.
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama Alice in Wonderland — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6564.jpg)
New-school Alice in Wonderland
![Wordless Wednesday: Horses, bears, and gingerbread = Hobo Mama Alice in Wonderland and White Rabbit — Christmas downtown Seattle meetup holidays](http://images.hobomama.com/IMG_6569.jpg)
Vintage Alice and the White Rabbit.
I have to say I think it's amusing that this sweet-toothed display is
sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation …
and that they give you a candy cane when you enter.
Then the boys and I were set loose to figure out our bus ride home
with altered routes and without a smartphone handy.
And we did. Yea!
You'll also love photos of Chilly Days over at Natural Parents Network! How chilly is it where you are?
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10 comments:
What a nice set of photos now i want a ride on it too :-)
Have a fantabulosa Christmas
What great memories to capture and share! Happy Holidays!
Oh wow, what fun! Those are some seriously impressive gingerbread creations!
And...um...maybe the candy canes were sugar-free? :x
@Joella, nope, but they did have calorie information printed on the package.
Looks like a fun place.
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Awww... so precious! I can't imagine taking a bite out of the Gingerbread house, though, and messing it up.
@Anna W: I do wonder if they ever actually get eaten!
Beautiful pictures. I love the top carousel picture and the baby wearing. The new school Alice in Wonderland, I believe, is from the one with Johnny Depp. Thanks for sharing! :)
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Wow, that looks like so much fun! I love all the pictures!
what a fun looking place to visit for the holidays! Looks like it took a balloon to finally coach a smile out of Mikko. Nice weather for looking at everything too.
Have a wonderful Christmas & Hanuka Season!
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