This morning we got up and headed into Providence to go to the Enchanted Christmas Village hosted by the Pawsox. Everything for the public was free and from the reviews it sounded like it would be lots of fun. Well it definitely did not disappoint!
The Pawtucket Red Sox will offer their 2nd Annual "PawSox Enchanted Village" Holiday Party at McCoy Stadium on Saturday, December 3. The event, in which the ballpark becomes a Winter Wonderland, is free and open to fans of all ages. PawSox/Red Sox left-handed pitcher Brian Johnson will be in attendance at McCoy to meet fans. Mascots Paws and Sox as well as Santa Claus will also greet fans young and old. In addition, the Boston Red Sox will provide access to their "Red Sox Virtual Reality" which will be set-up in one of the McCoy suites. The Virtual Reality offers viewers a 360 degree look around Fenway Park, giving fans the experience that they are standing on the field with the players, at batting practice, in the dugout, and other fun Fenway experiences. Fans will be greeted at the Main Gate by carolers from Pawtucket's Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts, before traversing a special "behind-the-scenes" path throughout the ballpark. As they tour the decorated "Hall of History" and peruse the memorabilia along the walls, fans will be able to enter several "workshops" in the suites to indulge in various activities and refreshments. Among the highlights in one of the suites is "Fenway Fantasy" where fans of all ages can try on several authentic player uniforms, spikes, gloves, and other Red Sox artifacts. A "SugarLand" suite is packed with cookies and hot chocolate for the tasting and taking. Youngsters are also invited to take Batting Practice inside the home batting tunnel, which has been transformed into a Fenway Park-like Wiffle Ball field. Paws and Sox will be stationed inside the PawSox Home Clubhouse to meet young fans and listen to their holiday wishes. Weather-permitting, folks can wander out from the PawSox Clubhouse to the home team dugout and to the field, where they will be greeted by a large Christmas Tree at home plate. Families are welcome to take photos around the tree. Fans can then walk through the Visitors' Dugout and head in to the Visiting Clubhouse, which will be stocked with food and drink, including traditional ballpark fare and other refreshments all for free!!
Our first stop a signature by Brian Johnson one of the Pawsox's players.
The Pawtucket Red Sox will offer their 2nd Annual "PawSox Enchanted Village" Holiday Party at McCoy Stadium on Saturday, December 3. The event, in which the ballpark becomes a Winter Wonderland, is free and open to fans of all ages. PawSox/Red Sox left-handed pitcher Brian Johnson will be in attendance at McCoy to meet fans. Mascots Paws and Sox as well as Santa Claus will also greet fans young and old. In addition, the Boston Red Sox will provide access to their "Red Sox Virtual Reality" which will be set-up in one of the McCoy suites. The Virtual Reality offers viewers a 360 degree look around Fenway Park, giving fans the experience that they are standing on the field with the players, at batting practice, in the dugout, and other fun Fenway experiences. Fans will be greeted at the Main Gate by carolers from Pawtucket's Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts, before traversing a special "behind-the-scenes" path throughout the ballpark. As they tour the decorated "Hall of History" and peruse the memorabilia along the walls, fans will be able to enter several "workshops" in the suites to indulge in various activities and refreshments. Among the highlights in one of the suites is "Fenway Fantasy" where fans of all ages can try on several authentic player uniforms, spikes, gloves, and other Red Sox artifacts. A "SugarLand" suite is packed with cookies and hot chocolate for the tasting and taking. Youngsters are also invited to take Batting Practice inside the home batting tunnel, which has been transformed into a Fenway Park-like Wiffle Ball field. Paws and Sox will be stationed inside the PawSox Home Clubhouse to meet young fans and listen to their holiday wishes. Weather-permitting, folks can wander out from the PawSox Clubhouse to the home team dugout and to the field, where they will be greeted by a large Christmas Tree at home plate. Families are welcome to take photos around the tree. Fans can then walk through the Visitors' Dugout and head in to the Visiting Clubhouse, which will be stocked with food and drink, including traditional ballpark fare and other refreshments all for free!!
Our first stop a signature by Brian Johnson one of the Pawsox's players.
We then headed into the building. First stop hot cocoa and cookies!! They had the building decorated for Christmas and the cookies and hot cocoa were very good!!
We then headed down to the next room. In this room you could try on helmets, gloves, etc. that the players use. Garrett loved this room!! He had so much fun trying on the helmets.
We did stop and enjoy one of the local high school musical groups that was playing festive Christmas music. Garrett loves music and he actually stopped for about 10 minutes to stand and listen to them.
Look Garrett......it's Santa!!
Here come the Pawsox Mascot Sox!! He wasn't quite sure what to make with her.
Making our reindeer food for Santa's reindeer. This was so cool!!
Walking out to the dugout and go out on the baseball field. They gave away gifts to the kids and took your picture while you were out there. Everything about this was so nice!! When we came back in we had hotdogs, chips and juice.
Getting ready to head out and we see Sox again in the hallway. He's starting to warm up to her :)
Pictures by the front gate.
While we were heading out there were several statues along the way. A couple of them were of kids playing baseball. Garrett had so much fun with these statues. He tried to get the ball out of the glove and then pretended he was throwing it. He definitely has a great imagination :)
I have to say, this was amazing that they do this for the kids. Kudos to the Pawsox and their organization!! We ended up going out for lunch and then headed back home. While Garrett napped we wanted to start putting up our outdoor Christmas lights. Tim did such a good job. What do you think?
Newport, RI had their annual Christmas tree lighting. So we decided that night to head over there, see the Christmas Tree and go out for dinner. We ended up eating at Brick Alley Pub and Restaurant and the food was great!! We had to wait about 1 hour for our table so we walked around the shops for a little bit. The wait was definitely worth it though.
Wow, what an amazing day!! So thankful to be living this Gypsy Life!!