Thursday, January 3, 2013

3rd Annual Polar Express Party!

The Saturday before Christmas, Brad and Melissa hosted their 3rd annual POLAR EXPRESS PARTY!  This is always such a fun event every year so the boys were very much looking forward to it!  Melissa sent their "tickets" in the mail a few weeks prior to the party to get all the kids excited!

We got the boys dressed in their jammies and headed over there in the evening.  Once we got there the kids went down to the basement to build some gingerbread houses...








Working hard....  Brady decided he was going to just cover his with red vines - lol :)

Finished product!

Next the kids all got to make "reindeer food" with Aunt Melissa's help.  We sprinkled the reindeer food on our front lawn on Christmas Eve so that Santa would know where to land :)


As we were downstairs, Brad and some of the other guys were getting the "Polor Express train" ready!  The kids came upstairs to fog from dry ice, lights flashing and a LOUD train sound!!  They stood in line and they each handed their ticket to the "conductor" (Papa) to be punched and then they were allowed to board the train!




Once on the train, the conductor read the Polar Express book to all the kids!




After the story was done, each kiddo got a bell and a candy train.  Brady checking out his treats!

Picture with the conductor

Before starting the movie the kids gathered around the table and each got hot chocolate and Christmas cookies!




Time for the movie!! 
Chase and Brady were so into it this year so this was actually the first time I have been able to watch the whole movie all the way through as well :)

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