North Pole Express

About a week before Christmas, we surprised Jack with a trip to Grapevine to ride the North Pole Express. The kids were invited to wear their Christmas pajamas, ride the train, and meet Santa. We invited Mamaw and Page to go with us, and we all had so much fun!

We got there about an hour early, and there was fun stuff set up for the kids to do.  They had a big fenced in area filled with ride on toys, tricycles, etc.  Jack loved riding on this little Thomas train.

Our train.

Jack watched the blacksmith in action.  

He made Jack a tiny little cowboy hat that he then tried to wear on his head.

Walking through the Christmas tree maze to board the train...

Trying to get a peek of Santa.

There he is!

A high five for Santa!

Santa gave Jack a bell which he wore around his neck for days afterwards.

Jack had fun riding with Page.

Enjoying some hot chocolate after our ride to the North Pole.

It was such a fun and memorable night!  I hope it becomes one of our Christmas traditions.

Getting Ready for Christmas...

We had a lot of fun decorating for Christmas this year. Jack loved the tree, decorating it with ornaments, and getting ready for Santa!

Off to get our tree...

Jack loved helping with tree decorating!

Every little elf needs to take a break to sing and dance to Jingle Bells.

Finished product!

Yay, it's Christmas!

More with Grandma and Grandpa

Here are some more pictures from our fun weekend with Grandma, Grandpa, and Meemaw...

Jack was so excited when they arrived!

Time for some dancing!

We went to the Arboretum to see the Chihuly exhibit and let Jack do all the Christmas activities.

He's off and running!

And then he decided to show off some of his best dance moves.'/

Peek a boo!

We had a wonderful lunch while we waited for Santa to arrive.

Jack loved watching the reindeer.

We went to see Santa twice.  He was not too sure about him the first time...

But we went back later with some smiles.

"Santa, I want train tracks, a robot backpack, trucks, Toy Story, and a castle..."

For one of our Advent activities we made reindeer cookies.

"See Meemaw, do it like this."