A night of disappointments for Ava

After dinner we decided to take our little family on a drive to look at Christmas lights...again. Yeah, so we like looking at Christmas lights. But if you saw our neighborhood, you'd be going out a few times too. The people around us spent some major time and effort getting their houses ALL decked out. And boy, we sure are enjoying it. After getting our fill of the lights we decided to drive over by the temple so the kids could see it all lit up. On our way out of the parking lot a very tramatic event happened (just so you don't get all freaked out, it wasn't a car accident, just a funny conversation)

As Josh starts to drive out of the parking lot Ava has a complete meltdown. She was so upset that Josh had to pull the car over until we were able to get her to calm down enough to tell us what was wrong.

Ava: (while fighting back tears she is able to muster out) I wanted to go inside!

Doesn't that just break your heart? Josh and I tried to explain that she needs to be a bit older before she can go inside the temple, but she still was pretty upset. So I asked her if she would like to get out and walk over to the huge nativity scene they have on the temple grounds. She responds with the following...

Ava: That's why I was crying too. I wanted to see Jesus.

So Ava and I get out, while Josh and Reid wait in the car. Ava was literally bouncing all the way over to the nativity. After arriving, she checks out the nativity for a few seconds, then informs me she is cold and wants to go back to the car. Okay, I thought she'd enjoy it a bit more. Especially since the nativity was practically life sized. Once back in the car, this little conversation goes on.

Josh: How was the nativity?

Ava: (in a disappointing tone) It was fake.

How disappointing would that be, to think you were really going to see baby Jesus, only to find a statue. And to top it off you think you are going to get to go inside the temple, only to find out you get to look at it from the car. Hopefully she was able to enjoy some of our trip tonight :)