December Daily - Day 7

Every year it seems as if something comes up that stops me from completing my daily pages.  There has been sick children, pregnancy issues, selling our condo and buying a house, and now I can add snowstorm to the list!  And although it is frustrating to get behind yet again, what can you do...life happens!  We were out of town this weekend in order to go to a Polar Express experience and got stuck in some bad weather and some even worse driving conditions.  We passed one exit and then the highway proceeded to jam up and it took us over an hour to get to the next exit which was just over 3 miles away.  We heard on the radio that we were stuck behind one accident and even further south the highway was completely closed due to another.  So, we got off at that next exit, stopped at a grocery store and found a hotel.  Again although frustrating, we are safe and it makes for a bit of an unexpected holiday adventure.  

The Polar Express experience was so fun for Michaela.  Avery stayed home because there is just no way she would have made it through the two hour event.  The experience takes place at a railway museum and starts out in the main foyer of the museum.  We were able to walk around for a little bit before the show started, but were quickly summoned to our seats.  When we got there, the hosts came out singing and dancing and then handed out hot chocolate to everyone.  Then, a live narrator read the Polar Express story as the pictures from the book came up on a big screen.  At the end of the story a conductor yelled "All Aboard" and we all gathered our things and got on to the Polar Express.  Once on the train and after we were on our way, the conductors took our tickets, handed out chocolates, sang Christmas songs, and then gave all the children a bell from Santa's sleigh.  The whole experience ended with a visit with Santa.  This was the first year Michaela went up to talk to Santa all by herself...way to go Michaela!  She asked for Elsa and Anna (from Frozen) and a Sophia doll (although I am pretty sure she brought that up because another girl in line was talking about it).  So fun!  Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for inviting us!

Here are some of the pictures...

Here are the pages...

title page

two page spread

a closer look

a closer look