A couple of weeks ago we surprised the boys by taking them for a ride to the North Pole. It was so fun to pick up Parker from school and head straight onto the highway toward Hood River, Oregon, with them guessing all the way as to what we were doing! We gave them hints every half hour and then finally let them in on it when we got there by playing the theme song to the Polar Express movie. They were SO excited.
The train ride itself was a huge hit for the boys. We invited Grandma & Grandpa Stewart to come - Grandpa is a train nut! My darling friend Amy made them engineer hats for the trip and they looked so cute & cozy in their pjs and robes! We boarded and Tyler vigilantly watched outside the window for the train to start its journey northward! We were served hot chocolate and cookies and heard the story of the Polar Express as we traveled. The conductor punched our tickets all crazy just like the conductor on the movie! Once we got to the North Pole, Santa joined us on board, visited with each child, and gave them their own silver bell! How exciting!On our way home we sang Christmas carols with the elves and we are proud to admit to being the loudest row in a competition singing of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." We ended the night at Pietro's Pizza (nostalgia) in Hood River and spent the night at Grandma's! What a magical night!
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I love that you dressed them in their pj's. I never would have thought of that.
We never served together (did we ever meet?), but Smiley said that you were responsible for "Have a Holly Guayan Christmas"-- do you have all the lyrics??? Can I beg you? My email is cougarcrazy03 at gmail.com. I served with Smiley in Sayago in early 99 after sending Hna Lindsay home. My blog is perfect-simplicity.blogspot.com if I'm scaring you. :)
How cool was this?? Glad you had a good holiday.
How fun!
SO COOL! I know my boys would have loved this for the train ride itself! Something they will never forget! Lucky boys!
Simply adorable!
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