The Polar Express
Choo-Choo! All aboard the Polar Express....
Friday morning Sarah and I loaded up Olivia,Natalie and Skylar to head to Bryson City, NC to ride the Polar Express. But before we got there we had quite the adventure. First we were suppose to leave by 11:30 to ensure we were there an hour before boarding, um at 12:30 we were attempting to leave. This was after several trips to to the bathroom by three precious little girls, then a pit stop to Wendy's because the same three precious little girls were hungry, then a stop to the gas station to fill up, only to have the pump overflow all over the side of my car. WHEW ! can we say stressful :)
Sarah and I were worried that we were not going to make our boarding time of 5pm, since the GPS said our arrival time would be 4:50pm. We decided to test our luck and put the petal to the metal. I did abide by all speed limits and even took a few wrong turns (somehow I just never know when to turn when the GPS says "take the next turn"..hehe) and our arrival time was 4:10pm.
The girls were so excited, they loved seeing the mountains and smelling the cold mountain air. Once we arrived the girls quickly changed into their PJ'S.
Friday morning Sarah and I loaded up Olivia,Natalie and Skylar to head to Bryson City, NC to ride the Polar Express. But before we got there we had quite the adventure. First we were suppose to leave by 11:30 to ensure we were there an hour before boarding, um at 12:30 we were attempting to leave. This was after several trips to to the bathroom by three precious little girls, then a pit stop to Wendy's because the same three precious little girls were hungry, then a stop to the gas station to fill up, only to have the pump overflow all over the side of my car. WHEW ! can we say stressful :)
Sarah and I were worried that we were not going to make our boarding time of 5pm, since the GPS said our arrival time would be 4:50pm. We decided to test our luck and put the petal to the metal. I did abide by all speed limits and even took a few wrong turns (somehow I just never know when to turn when the GPS says "take the next turn"..hehe) and our arrival time was 4:10pm.
The girls were so excited, they loved seeing the mountains and smelling the cold mountain air. Once we arrived the girls quickly changed into their PJ'S.
Once we got to the train station the girls wrote a letter to Santa and received their Golden Tickets
Skylar wins the award for being most excited about the Polar Express:)
Once they opened the gates we were allowed to board the train, all seats were first come first serve
Next the train train conductor came by and punched every ones Golden Ticket
then came the Hot Chocolate
Poor Olivia has not been feeling good this past week and this was her demeanor pretty much the whole time,but overall she was a good sport about everything
Hot Chocolate- Olivia's new favorite
Next the Elves came by with yummy chocolate chip cookies
and they read the Polar Express as we headed to the North Pole
After the girls read the Polar Express they were very excited to be on the look out for the North Pole, Santa's workshop, the Elve's apartments and the Grinch's house
As we reached the North Pole we saw Santa and Mrs. Claus but as we left we noticed Santa was gone. Where could he be? But wait! What is that noise....Could it be!
Skylar was sooo excited, she jumped out of her seat and ran to hug Santa, Olivia was in awe and Natalie is contemplating the whole idea of Santa!!!
But ALL the girls, young and old, could not deny how magical it makes you feel to see Santa
Santa had a special silver bell for all the passengers to remind us
to "BELIEVE"
Santa took time to pose wit the girls and sign their books, he even heard that Skylar lost her silver bell and brought her a new one
What a wonderful time filled with lots of magical memories.....
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