The Heber Valley Railroad (the old Heber Creeper) has a Polar Express ride it offers during the holiday season. We've wanted to take the kids ever since we moved to UT and this was the year we finally made it. Boy, were the kids excited! Grandma Sherri was there with us, which made it even more special.
The kids all wore their pajamas, and brought their new stuffed animals from Meggie's Build-a-Bear birthday party. The train is old fashioned and looks an awful lot like the Polar Express in the book (or movie). We were all issued tickets which we were told we needed to hang onto to present to the conductor when he came by.
Once the train got going, the elves on board served us hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies, which was the perfect treat. When we got to the end of our route "The North Pole", we saw Santa outside in the snow, waving at the train and saw a little village of tiny houses all lit up. I guess that was Santa and Mrs. Clause's workshop village where the Elves live. The kids were looking out the windows with anticipation for quite sometime, before they finally spotted Santa.
Once we turned around to head home, Santa came on board! He stopped and talked to each of the children, and they got to tell him what they wanted for Christmas.
Kenna wanted a doll house.
Meghan wanted a Cinderella doll with a crown that lights up.
Mitchell wanted the Wii games Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart, and a Nintendo D.S. Yoshi game. Santa seemed a little confused as Mitchell rattled off his wish list at mach speed. It did sound a lot like Greek.
Then a narrator passed out books of the Polar Express and read by lantern light on the way home. The kids were spellbound! Us adults, just marveled at their animation and sheer joy. What a magical evening it was! And an experience we will never forget; one that made this Christmas season come to life!
The kids all wore their pajamas, and brought their new stuffed animals from Meggie's Build-a-Bear birthday party. The train is old fashioned and looks an awful lot like the Polar Express in the book (or movie). We were all issued tickets which we were told we needed to hang onto to present to the conductor when he came by.
Once the train got going, the elves on board served us hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies, which was the perfect treat. When we got to the end of our route "The North Pole", we saw Santa outside in the snow, waving at the train and saw a little village of tiny houses all lit up. I guess that was Santa and Mrs. Clause's workshop village where the Elves live. The kids were looking out the windows with anticipation for quite sometime, before they finally spotted Santa.
Once we turned around to head home, Santa came on board! He stopped and talked to each of the children, and they got to tell him what they wanted for Christmas.
Kenna wanted a doll house.
Meghan wanted a Cinderella doll with a crown that lights up.
Mitchell wanted the Wii games Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart, and a Nintendo D.S. Yoshi game. Santa seemed a little confused as Mitchell rattled off his wish list at mach speed. It did sound a lot like Greek.
Then a narrator passed out books of the Polar Express and read by lantern light on the way home. The kids were spellbound! Us adults, just marveled at their animation and sheer joy. What a magical evening it was! And an experience we will never forget; one that made this Christmas season come to life!
2 comments:
The Polar Express sounds like soo much fun!! I wish they had something like that here
The old Heber Creeper, how fun. Sounds like you all had a wonderful night!
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