NANA'S CHRISTMAS WEEKEND PART 1

I'll start off by saying that I'm pretty sure my mom is the real Mrs. Claus.  She loves Christmas and has always gone above and beyond to make sure that each Christmas was one we would never forget.  Our house was always decked out with all her Santa's and garland and lights and of course the tree.  We always bought a real tree growing up and it was always flocked.  Now that we are all grown my mom bought a 14 foot tree and has it decked out in hundreds of ornaments.  The house is still turned into a Christmas wonderland and always brings back my best childhood memories when I go home at Christmas time!!

That being said, several weeks ago I got an email titled 'Nana's Christmas Fun'.  I knew instantly that it was going to be good.  My mom wanted to take the girls to several events which we have done all of as of yesterday!  The first thing was the breakfast with Snoopy in this post.  Then this past weekend we fulfilled the other 2 events.

Friday afternoon we drove 3 hours to Palestine, Texas to ride the Polar Express.  It was so worth the drive.  We played the movie on the way there and London was already so excited.  The kids wore their pajamas too just like in the move.  BUT, since I had made shirts just for the Polar Express I made them take pics first before putting on their jammies!!

The train ride was about an hour and was full of entertainment. Here are the girls waiting for the train.

 Can you see the excitement in London's face!!!  Priceless

We were welcomed on the train by the staff wearing chef's outfits just like in the movie!!  Once we were on our way to the North Pole we were served hot chocolate and a rice crispy treat (which Kinley LOVED!!) and they played the 'hot chocolate' song from the movie and the chef's danced up and down the aisle of the train.

Then we got to hear the book 'The Polar Express'.  By the end of the book we were almost to the North Pole.

London looking at the North Pole!

 Santa greeted the train once we arrived and our journey began back to the train station.  BUT, Santa was on the train.  While we waited for Santa to make his way to our car we sang Christmas carols and danced and had a great time.

 London was thrilled to see Santa but Kinley wanted nothing to do with him.

London's face when she saw Santa coming down the aisle of our train car.

Here is Kinley's reaction to Santa!!

and London's pic (the good picture is on my mom's camera)

The hobo and the conductor also came through our train car.  The conductor punched all the tickets and Santa handed out a bell to all the children!!

London ringing her bell!

Kinley holding her bell.  Santa was still on the train and she didn't move until he was out of sight!

Nana bought the book and CD for London as a souvenir.  We had to listen to it on the way home!!

Thanks Nana for such a fun time!!