Polar Express!
We just got back from our trip from New Jersey, where we were visiting with some friends. The trip up went well. We left around 1:00 right after eating lunch. Marcus had to work, so I drove while he was working remotely from the car. As we got into New Jersey, we realized that they had snow on the ground. We expected it, which is why we took the jeep, but it’s still amazing how 6 hours difference can change the weather conditions. So, we got there and we ate some yummy chicken quesadilla’s! It took no time at all for Bean to hit it off with their boys and they were off playing together for the rest of the night. Later, after the kids were in bed, Kolby and I stayed up and chatted over a cup of hot tea.
Saturday, we got up with the boys and had a nice breakfast. The boys were crazy excited because they all knew that we were planning on going to the Polar Express later that night. We were scheduled to get on the 6:00 train, so we were trying to figure out when we should leave to get there and eat dinner before getting on the train. We found a place called the Ladybug Café, that was temporarily the North Pole Café that was located right across the street from the station. So, we made our reservations for 4:30 so that we would have plenty of time to eat and get our seats. We took the big boy beans out to play in the snow for a bit, and then went in for lunch. After eating, Kolby and I took a nap with the little beans, while Rick and Marcus looked after the big boy beans.
After our nap, we dressed the boys in their pajamas and their robes and we packed everyone up in the car. Big boy beans were in the jeep with Marcus and I, which little beans rode with Rick and Kolby. We got there a little later then we had planned, but we were able to finish up our food and get to the station to get our GOLDEN TICKETS, which bean had been asking me for all week! We got on and found some seats that were all together… They played music from the movie and passed out cookies and hot chocolate. Santa came thru with his elves and gave out bells to all of the kids. The boys had a BLAST and were jumping and climbing all over the seats. By the end of the night we were all ready to get home and climb into bed.
When we got the boys home and into their beds, Kolby and I listened outside the door while they talked about Santa and God and how they were going to miss each other… Aww… It was so sweet! When they fell asleep, we stayed up and chatted some more over our tea and watched MORE snow coming down! Anyways, I had a great time! We were sad to leave in the morning. The weekend just went by too quickly. It continued to snow as we made our way down the mountain and we made at least 4 U-turns to get ourselves on the road that we needed to be on because they had closed off the exit ramp that we needed to take because of a car pileup. (Thank goodness we had that jeep!) Now we are home and Caleb keeps talking about his *NEW* best friend! We’ll have to plan to see them again sometime!
Saturday, we got up with the boys and had a nice breakfast. The boys were crazy excited because they all knew that we were planning on going to the Polar Express later that night. We were scheduled to get on the 6:00 train, so we were trying to figure out when we should leave to get there and eat dinner before getting on the train. We found a place called the Ladybug Café, that was temporarily the North Pole Café that was located right across the street from the station. So, we made our reservations for 4:30 so that we would have plenty of time to eat and get our seats. We took the big boy beans out to play in the snow for a bit, and then went in for lunch. After eating, Kolby and I took a nap with the little beans, while Rick and Marcus looked after the big boy beans.
After our nap, we dressed the boys in their pajamas and their robes and we packed everyone up in the car. Big boy beans were in the jeep with Marcus and I, which little beans rode with Rick and Kolby. We got there a little later then we had planned, but we were able to finish up our food and get to the station to get our GOLDEN TICKETS, which bean had been asking me for all week! We got on and found some seats that were all together… They played music from the movie and passed out cookies and hot chocolate. Santa came thru with his elves and gave out bells to all of the kids. The boys had a BLAST and were jumping and climbing all over the seats. By the end of the night we were all ready to get home and climb into bed.
When we got the boys home and into their beds, Kolby and I listened outside the door while they talked about Santa and God and how they were going to miss each other… Aww… It was so sweet! When they fell asleep, we stayed up and chatted some more over our tea and watched MORE snow coming down! Anyways, I had a great time! We were sad to leave in the morning. The weekend just went by too quickly. It continued to snow as we made our way down the mountain and we made at least 4 U-turns to get ourselves on the road that we needed to be on because they had closed off the exit ramp that we needed to take because of a car pileup. (Thank goodness we had that jeep!) Now we are home and Caleb keeps talking about his *NEW* best friend! We’ll have to plan to see them again sometime!
