the polar express

All aboard!! (read in Tom Hanks' voice for more affect)

Last night we bundled up Jace in his pajama's, drove through a very snowy canyon and boarded the much anticipated Polar Express!




We ate chocolate chip cookies, drank hot chocolate and read the Polar Express on our way to the North Pole.


Buddy and Jingle (the elves) told jokes and sang Christmas carols. The conductor punched our "genuine tickets to ride."


Mrs. Clause brought us her secret recipe for christmas cookies.

(jace is telling Mrs. Clause that he wants a train for Christmas)

And Santa gave out the "first gift of Christmas" (which is a bell from his sleigh).


Jace made sure he told the elves, Mrs. Clause and Santa that he wanted a train. When we got the North Pole, Santa was outside waving to the children and Jace exclaimed, "I love Christmas!"

As for the bell, Jace actually lost it (it just fell on the floor) so we thought we would wrap it up and give it to him on Christmas with a note from Santa. This morning when he got up he told me that there was a hole in his pocket. He has also informed us that Santa is the King of the North Pole but he is the King of the Polar Express!