The Polar Express

About a week ago, we took the boys to ride the Polar Express in Grapevine. The boys are really into trains right now, especially Thomas & Friends, so Evan and I were very excited to take them on a real train! I bought the Polar Express movie a few weeks before and watched it with the boys a few times, but I'm not sure if they realized the connection between the movie and the ride. Just like in the movie, the boys wore their pajamas for the train ride. Their buddy Sam and his family were supposed to go with us, but we got the dates mixed up, and Sam ended up going the day before us wearing the same pajamas...

Here we are on the shuttle that took us from the parking lot to the Polar Express train station...

A blurry family picture...

There were Christmas decorations every where, and this big ornament was so cute that we wanted to get a picture of the boys standing in front of it. On the left was one of many failed attempts to get them to stand still. On the right, we figured out that the only way to get this picture is if mommy holds on to them tight.

The boys took a snack break next to daddy while we waited for our train...

Our train arrived! Bryce enjoyed walking through the "falling snow" on the path to our train...

The boys looking out the window from their seats...

Bryce and daddy sat infront of us...

Mommy and Ben... this is what we got when daddy asked Ben to smile!

The seats were originally positioned like this...

But, then, a nice lady came and flipped the front seat around so that we could face each other...

The boys each got a toy train from the gift shop, and they had fun playing with it on the window sill...

Here's Ben and daddy watching the girl singing the Christmas carols...

Finally, the moment came that we've all been waiting for... Santa's arrival!

A family picture with Santa...

Benjamin gave Mrs. Claus a high five...

And, he told everyone on the microphone what he wanted for Christmas...

Downtown Grapevine was decorated so nicely for the holidays, and the boys enjoyed seeing all the lights on the ride home. We hope to take the boys on the Polar Express again next year!