On the way home this afternoon, we took a detour to surprise the kids with a ride on the Polar Express. They wore their pjs, sang Christmas carols, sipped on hot chocolate, ate cookies, and visited with Santa. They also got their tickets punched by the conductor. They were really surprised and had a wonderful time!
the train
they've got a ticket to ride the Polar Express
Cooper spent most of the train ride like this
Daddy and Reagan
Mommy & Cooper
Mom and her girl
clapping along to the Polar Express Song
Cheers for hot chocolate
yummy!
Having a great time
you couldn't get him away from the window
except to eat a cookie!
Mr Conductor punching tickets
tickets, tickets please
finally getting around to eating her cookie
Dad and Cooper
he hasn't been in the mood to smile for my camera lately!
some of the lights we saw on the train ride
Santa Clause is here!
Making sure he had Reagan's wish list correct!
Asking Cooper if he's been a good boy this year
Santa's elf
Santa gave the kids bells to ring as we sang "Jingle Bells"
Singing with all the kids in the middle aisle
We sang "12 Days of Christmas" and our family was the "3 French Hens"
Cooper missed his nap all week!
more French Hens
then we sang "Rudolph"
all the kids gathered in the center aisle to sing "Frosty the Snowman"
then, we pulled back into the train station
this is the "official photo" from our Polar Express Ride
