We boarded the train and were greeted with Christmas music, the Conductor and a train full of decorations...tinsel, sticky window decorations and things hanging from the ceiling - very festive! We found our seats, and prepared to go for a ride!!! Maddie didn't budge from my lap (which isn't so spacious these days!). Between the music, the conductor's microphone issues, and the noise, she stayed very close by. Morgan moved from sitting with Kevin and I (and Maddie) to sitting with Papa, and she must have been quite comfortable!! She LOVED looking out the window to see where we were going ("did we get to the ice?!" and tears at the end because she thought she missed the North Pole!). But we sang carols, listened to the Conductor read The Polar Express and had some hot chocolate and cookies. She even wrote a note to Santa on our ride, who collected the letter himself!! We even got a silver bell and a candy cane!! Morgan LOVED every minute and didn't even mind Santa, Rudolph, and Frosty who walked by to say hello!
It was quite an experience (a hot one...it was 54 degrees today and they had the heat on the train) and so happy we did it! Morgan had a fantastic time with Papa, Gamma and Auntie Annie who joined us for the trip, and probably will skip next year!!!
(Ignore my big round belly! All I need is the white beard, hair and eyebrows and I could have been Santa this year!!)
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