Train to the North Pole

Jacoby and I left on the 19th of December to head to Idaho for Christmas. Jarod flew out on the 23rd and that night we went to good old Horseshoe Bend but this time we went for the train. It was AWESOME!!! It was the highlight of the trip for all of us. The boys were so excited while we waited in line to go on the train to the North Pole to see Santa!!

As soon as we got on the train, my mom gave each one of the boys a cute little package and inside was a train ornament for the tree to remember the ride, a train whistle and a conductor's hat that she made. They were all adorable in them!!

I will say that by the end of the night after hearing Michael blow on his whistle all night long that maybe next year we will leave out the whistle :)

The boys loved watching out the windows and were so excited to get there.

I love this picture of Michael- he soon joined us on our side though because he ended up with the mountain on his side.

It was a nice warm day in Boise so we were not very prepared for the cold weather at the North Pole. Good thing the train had some blankets outside so we could take in the view from out there as well.

This was Jacoby's first experience with Santa and I have seen so many sad pictures of kids with Santa that I was a little nervous how he would respond so I decided we would take it slow this year. We went up with all the boys at first and as you can see Jacoby and Boden would not take their eyes off Santa and Michael is so excited he can hardly stand himself!!

Michael wanted to tell Santa about the train set that he wanted with certain colors and shapes. I mean this kid had all the details of his train track figured out and luckily for us Santa delivered this year. Boden just kept looking at him.

I am not sure if Jacoby would have gone up by himself but he was happy as a clam sitting on my lap next to Santa. He told Santa that we wanted toys in Chicago. Good thing he added in the Chicago. I thought it was so cute!! He was super excited to meet Santa and it was a very good first impression of Santa.

Then they had chocolate milk and cookies for the kids. Boden put his entire mouth over the top of the milk and drank it like that and so did Jacoby. It was really entertaining to watch. Jacoby was also certain that it was hot chocolate that was just cold.

We attempted to take some pictures of the boys which was a joke. I mean seriously they were all running different ways and as soon as my child gets any sugar in him he runs laps- seriously laps and it was no different this night. He was everywhere- running over the bridge, around the fire and by Santa's sleigh. At least he would wave as he was going by. Once the sugar high died down a little bit, we got back on the train.

Santa came and visited with the boys on the train!! It was so much fun for them to be able to visit with Santa for as long as they did.

Santa's elves were there too and we sang Christmas carols. It really was amazing!

The boys loved hearing stories about Santa's reindeer and his sleigh.

Santa Claus told them all about how he makes toys and what his elves do. He also told them about Mrs. Claus. The boys just took it all in with these huge eyes. It was great!

It was so neat to share this experience not only with my son but my nephews. Christmas is so much more fun with little ones around and I loved every minute of it this year!