Life With The Shirleys: the polar express

Yesterday, we took The Mayor to Blue Ridge to catch a train...The Polar Express train! A couple of months ago my friend Vicki asked if we wanted to join them on The Polar Express train ride and we knew one little 5 year old who would be ecstatic to go. Our favorite sitter Meghan came over to watch Love Bug (it was too long of a day to bring Miss Priss...next year she will join us) and we picked up Trent, Vicki and Aidan and headed up to Blue Ridge. Aidan and The Mayor were so excited...they talked about the train on the way up to Blue Ridge and watched "The Polar Express" movie as well. It took an hour and a half to get to Blue Ridge and boarding started at 3:30. We picked our seats and settled in. The boys were beyond excited. The train pulled out at 4:00 for the one hour train ride to McCaysville.

The train ride ran parallel to the Ocoee/Taccoa River and the boys had a great time looking at the water, grass, houses, cars...it didn't really matter what they saw, it all excited them. We arrived in McCaysville at 5:00 and had 2 hours to explore, walk around and eat. We first went to see Santa and then went and ate Mexican. After dinner we went to The Sweet Shoppe, a cupcake bakery in town that won "Cupcake Wars" on The Food Network earlier this year. That was pretty cool! We grabbed some cupcakes and headed back to the train to eat and enjoy the hour train ride back. The boys were all get-up-and-go for the first 10 minutes and The Mayor started to hit a wall. He curled up in D's lap (with his legs draped over my lap) and spent the next 50 minutes resting. He told me he couldn't wait to get to the car and go home to sleep because he was "so berry tired".

We got into the car a little after 8:00 and about 10 minutes later, The Mayor was asleep. His headphones were still on his head from watching the movie but he was out. He slept the entire ride home and didn't wake up when D picked him up from the car and put him into his PJs. That was one tired little boy. But it was so worth it. We had an amazing day with great friends and doing something our little boy is so passionate about. That boy loves his trains.

This morning we got up and went to church and then out to lunch with friends. The weather in Atlanta was cold and rainy so we stayed inside and played with toys and the Wii all day. We did venture out this evening to do some grocery shopping but other than that, it was a low-key day. The Mayor has both of his therapies tomorrow and then we will be getting the house ready for MeMe and Big Daddy...they arrive Thursday! We can't wait!!