Yesterday our family had a very busy, fun and special day. It started with some play time at one of our favorite spots, Outdoors In. Next we went out to lunch and then got cozy in the car for a road trip to Hood River to board the Polar Express.
We actually got there a hair early, so we walked around the downtown area just a little bit and managed to discover a toy store! I picked up two small and special surprises for the kids to open once we were on the train. (We kind of had a feeling that Alia would be nervous at first, and thought a special something might ease the nerves ... which it did.)
We enjoyed hot chocolate, cookies, a reading of the book Polar Express, a visit from Santa and singing Christmas songs all on our train ride. We finished off our night with dinner at a local brewery and then headed back home. Everyone stayed awake on the train and fell asleep in the car on the way home ... perfect!
Max and Mommy having snacks and waiting for our train to depart.
Alia stayed close to Daddy the entire trip. I think Jason's leg fell asleep several times.
Max playing with his new train, "Toby"
Alia loved her new train "Edward" (and Max's train too)
I love this picture! Max was giving Santa quite the look.
Alia told Santa she wanted "Thomas" for Christmas and "all the trains". Santa gave Alia a special bell and then told her she was pretty much guaranteed to get her wish :-)
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