Mizner Park Tree Lighting Event

I took Shayna and Skyler to the tree lighting holiday event at Mizner Park, which was held in the big ampitheater near the art museum. The event was from 5-8pm with the lighting at 6pm. Since everyone else was tired (Manny, Grandma and Grandpa) they all napped while we went to the event, and they met us there later, around 8pm. Here are a few of the things they did:

They got to decorate cupcakes:


Showing off the cupcakes they decorated. We sat by Shayna's favorite spot so they could eat, the big teacup statue and fountains in front of the art museum (not pictured but you can see this spot in the earlier post when we went to the art museum). We went back to this same spot later with Grandma and Grandpa so they could eat ice cream from the ice cream truck.

We got to see a fabulous show on the big main stage! It was a huge professional production, lots of music, dancing, songs, characters like Elmo and more, nutcrackers on stilts, a magician performing to Harry Potter music, and Santa at the end. Skyler had such a blast dancing during the show. It reminded me of being at the Beaches resort and seeing a live outdoor show (it was that good and lively). Oh, they also had REAL snow falling over you as you watched the show.

Over on the side of the ampitheater in the grassy area there was a free train ride and huge slide. The slide line was too long but we did get to go on the train:

Skyler likes to be the conductor in the front:

There was a giant gecko:

Skyler thought it was funny to try and pull the gecko's tail:

Later when everyone else showed up, the event had ended but we enjoyed walking around Mizner park looking in the shops and enjoying the lights:

This is the middle part, there are streets on either side and the covered stone area where the shops and restaurants are. This is the only shopping place I have ever been to that has a covered outdoor sidewalk, with the covering made of stone. So no umbrellas needed.