polar express

A month ago I was talking to my Aunt Kim and telling her what a train nut Weston has become like her son Sean. She suggested going on the Polar Express. After first I declined the offer due to the expense so close to Christmas. But my amazingly GENEROUS Aunt wouldn't take no for an answer and with a tiny bit of convincing we accepted the offer. I am so glad we did. It was amazing. We started out the evening by meeting my Aunt Kim, Uncle Colin and cousin Sean at the local dinner Dairy Keen which is not only good but they have tons of trains for the kids to play with. We got there a little early so the kids ended up having tons of time to play. When we were getting ready to leave Weston wasn't quite getting the idea that we were going to ride on a train but once we went over the tracks and he saw the train the whole idea came to life for him. We picked up our tickets and then took some pictures out in front of an ACTUAL steam engine. Weston was getting thrilled by this point. I had the boys wear their pajamas to go along with the story. I was worried they would get cold so my mom bought Cason a new thick pair of pj's and slippers, and she also put a pair of long johns on him too. She also bought Weston a nice thick robe. (Thanks mom) It was so fun because the train was all decorated for Christmas and the workers were wearing elf costums and chief costumes just like the movie. Once the train started to take off we were served hot chocolate too bad it didn't taste like melted chocolate bars, but still good, we also got good cookies. Cason kept trying to take my cookie and hot chocolate (yea that was great LOL). The train stopped a few times before it finally got underway. Weston was so thrilled when it stopped stopping and got going. He kept saying, "(insert anyones name because he had to tell each of us) its not stopping now, its not stopping...." We sang Christmas carols and then a lady read the story of the Polar Express while we all had copies to look at. We were also visited by Mrs. Claus and Santa Claus. It was so much fun and we had a blast. Weston didn't want to go home. Thank you so much for the fun night Auntie Kim you are the GREATEST!!!!!!!!!!!