Polar Express Christmas Light Tour

My friend started a Polar Express tradition last year with her family and she invited us and some other families to be a part of it this year.  I was able to help her plan it and we had so much fun.  

We rented a 15 passenger van and we decorated it.  We all put our kids to bed like normal. We all made sure to read the Polar Express Book before we went to bed.

 We had hot chocolate and candy waiting on the van.  One by one, the van made it's way to each child's house.  When the van pulled into our drive way, we turned on our little train and blew the whistle.  We rang jingle bells and turned on the lights and yelled "All Aboard". I gave Emily her Polar Express ticket.

 At first Emily wouldn't get up.  She was really asleep and really confused.  Jeff climbed up to her loft bed to get her.  You can see how she felt about this.

Still trying to wake up!

Once she saw her friends in the van and got some candy and hot chocolate, she was feeling pretty good. 

We were the 3rd house and we had one more friend to pick up before we went looking for Christmas lights.

We came back to our house and found Santa on the FRONT PORCH!!!!

Santa had Polar Express bells and candy canes in his bag for all the kids.

It was such a fun night.  Emily said it was the, "Best Night EVER!"  She went to bed at 11:00pm but it was totally worth it!  A magical night for sure!