Polar Express Train Ride

Last night we took little to Bryson City, NC to ride a train on The Great Smoky Mountain Railroad. Every year they do a Christmas ride centered around the movie "The Polar Express." Dallas Jr. just discovered the movie while at Bebe and PawPaw's house over Thanksgiving and I think we have watched it everyday since! They encourage all the children to wear their pajamas, just like in the movie. Little Dallas was so excited when he spotted the train. They served hot chocolate, chocolate marshmellow santas, and read The Polar Express book on our way to pick up Santa Claus at the North Pole. Little Dallas spent most of the ride standing in his seat looking out the window so most of my pictures are of the back of him! He spotted Santa out the window and his face just lit up. We stopped so Santa could get on and make his way through all of the train cars to pass out bells to each of the children. We were not supposed to take pictures of him with the flash on our camera so I moved to get an angle where it would not be in his face and blind him with the flash and red eye reduction for the rest of his visits! On our return trip we sang Christmas carols. It was quite an experience and little Dallas really enjoyed it. Santa Claus will most definately be bringing Dallas a train table, train, and all of the accessories for Christmas!