Thanks to a wonderful friend who organized the whole amazing trip, our family along with 4 other families that we love, were all lucky enough to start this Holiday Season with a Ride on the Polar Express. We all met in Hood River, OR at 3:30, had really good pizza by the train station, had a very yummy 'polar express' cake made by the Cake Lady, opened cute little Katie's birthday presents and then were off to board the train. My kids have been looking forward to this adventure for months now. We love the movie and book in our house. KJ even watches the movie in the dead of summer! And well, Jack is completely OBSESSED with trains, so it was really cute to watch how excited he was to see the train pull up to the station! We loaded the old train, found our seats, and were off for a holiday adventure. We started the ride with some cookies and hot chocolate. The conductor came around and punched the kids tickets, like the movie. We sang Christmas carols with Santa's elves, and then the best part of the night happened....we made it to the North Pole! There was a little town all lit up with lights and we saw Mr. and Mrs. Claus and their elves waving to us. We stopped for a minute and then were off again, but to the kids' surprise, Santa had boarded the train to take turns with each of the children and ask them what they wanted for Christmas. I thought Olivia would be scared of him because both our other kids were, but she loved him, wasn't even phased! Santa gave each child a silver bell, which KJ was excited about, Jack threw his, and Olivia kept trying to eat hers??! Anyway, we got Santa's autograph on our Polar Express book. We had a really memorable night! It was a great way to start off the Holiday Season and get me in the mood for holiday music! Be prepared, I took a LOT of pictures and I have a hard time choosing my favorites!
A special Thank-You to Matthew and Tasha for doing this for all of us.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Happy 2nd Birthday Katie!
Jack watched that train so closely, he was in heaven!
Olivia with Santa, asking for a doll house!
KJ with Santa, asking for a Wall-E robot!
Jack with Santa, asking for trains!
Can you hear the bell?
3 comments:
that was so much fun. I need to post my stuff...been a little busy. Arent the Tasha and Matthew great? I loved your pictures!
That sounds like SOOOO Much FUN ! What a wonderful memory to make. Your pictures are so adorable !!!
What an awesome thing, definitely an experience your kids will always remember!
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