The Polar Express

Last Saturday night we hopped aboard the Polar Express and headed to the North Pole! The Ishees, Hatchers and Millers also boarded the train with us. We all waited outside under a tent for our train to arrive.

The train arrived and the conductor came to our tent and greeted us and told us we were to board on the Dome Car. He said our next stop would be the North Pole! The conductor then punched our tickets and we finally boarded The Polar Express! Since we had a large group, they seated us all together in a traincar by ourselves. It was nice to have all of us alone in one car!

John Turner chose the perfect seats for us as soon as we boarded the train. When the train began to move, his eyes were glued out of this window looking for the North Pole. A voice came over a speaker and began reading the story of The Polar Express to us. John Turner followed along in his book as the story was told.

After the story was read, the speaker told us, in a very excited voice, to look out of the train's window because we had made it to the North Pole! We could see Santa's workshop out of the window. We could also see Mr. and Mrs. Claus waving to us from outside of our train. John Turner was extremely excited at this point! The train stopped and some of Santa's elves came aboard bringing us a bell just like the one in the story. Then Santa and Mrs. Claus came into our car. John Turner wasn't so sure what to think of that! Santa even autographed his book!

Next, a waiter brought us some chocolate milk and some of Mrs. Claus' homemade cookies! This was John Turner's favorite part! He also recieved a Christmas mouse and an ornament for his tree.

We sang Christmas carols and danced as we made our way back home from the North Pole!

And what can I say--the adults had just as much fun as the kiddos! Friends always make experiences like this one even better!

We all plan to board The Polar Express next year and head back to the North Pole again!