First Snow and the Polar Express

The first day that we had snow the boys were actually the first to wake up and discovered it.  They both came running into my room in the dark begging me to help them get dressed in their snow clothes.  And even though it was still dark and that sounded awful, I decided I better get up and let them play in the small amount of the grass before school because I knew by the time they got home from school it would probably be melted away.  So, they went out as the sun was rising and played with the dog (who was just as excited as they were) in the snow while I made hot chocolate.


The first flakes of snow really set the mood for later that night when we had tickets to a Polar Express train ride in Grandma and Grandpa's neighborhood.

They have some neighbors who have this cute little train that runs on tracks through a few house to the North Pole where you get to see Santa, sit on his lap/receive a candy cane.   Camden asked for a big Lego Police set, Olivia asked for a Rainbow Puppy Surprise, and Carter asked for a dragon Hatchimal.  Then, on the train ride back there are a whole bunch of beautiful pictures of the Savior to look at and Christ-centered Christmas music playing.



On the way out they had a bunch of Christmas cards to sign for missionaries and people serving in the military.  The boys both signed their huge and cute messy 5 year old signatures on some military cards and dictated a message for me to write.  Camden's message was "Thanks for fighting the bad guys for us."  Afterwards, the whole family including cousins went back to Steve and Diane's for pizza.  It was a good kickstart to December.