Lights on the Lake

Last night we took advantage of the great weather to meet up with friends Nicole and Travis and their kids Miles and Tessa for a walk in Onondaga Lake Park to see Lights on the Lake, the annual light display through the park that people pay $15 or some crap to drive their cars through. We went once a few years ago and it's a total bore for kids in car seats because they can't see out the windshield but when we went when the boys were about Reed's age we let them sit up in the front with us (shh) and they mostly wanted to push all the buttons on the car display and didn't care much about the lights. We've thought about going other years to this walking night but the weather's usually crappy. So last night with the good weather forecast we decided to go. Which we will not be doing again. Traffic was a nightmare, it was crazy packed on the road, the kids only mildly cared about the lights, and there were lots of weird things--people dressed as creepy gingerbread men, christmas trees, and penguins, different organizations begging for donations, and a complete sh&tshow of a parking situation.  But the boys did have fun with Miles and Tessa running around (and nearly impaling themselves on) various light displays. They also enjoyed the cheese sticks, crackers and apples we ate along the way.