ICE!

On Sunday, I was excited to be invited to experience ICE! at the Gaylord by the lovely women who run Momz Share and the Gaylord hotel.  The only thing that gave me pause was that this would be my third trip to National Harbor in three days, because I was there Friday to pick up my race packet and Saturday for the race, but I knew Michael would love it, and we had never been, so I decided to brave the drive again.

The day started off with a lovely milk and cookies reception thrown for us by the hotel, and then it was off to a Puss in Boots Scavenger Hunt.  When you solved the riddle, the people at the Concierge Desk gave you a prize.  I noticed this when I was at the hotel for Blogalicious, the staff at the Gaylord is seriously the nicest hotel staff ever.  Michael kept saying over and over again "this is the nicest hotel I have ever been to."

ICE! was seriously impressive, featuring the Madagascar characters carved from two million pounds of ice.  And ice slides you could race down.

Michael loved meeting all of the Dreamworks characters, which was a great preview for the Dreamworks cruise we are going on in February.  He refused to meet Puss in Boots.  I think it was the teeth or something.  

He also loved Gingey, who stands outside the area where you can build gingerbread houses.  

We also went ice skating, and had dinner while we were waiting for the tree lighting.  You really can spend a whole day with all the activites the Gaylord offers.

You can't tell in this picture but they made it snow during the tree lighting and all the Dreamworks characters were dancing around.  It was very fun. Even for me, who doesn't celebrate Christmas.

The day was so worth the 45 minute drive, even if I did do it 3 days in a row. Thank you Gaylord and Momz Share for a fantastic fun family day!

***My family and myself were invited to attend ICE! and the accompanying events for free in exchange for a post.  I was not compansated for this post.  All opinions are my own. (Dinner was not provided.)