It has been an exciting few days leading up to what will be hopefully a great Christmas. My Christmas pageant at school went well. I executed my part at the wise man perfectly and aside from staring at the ceiling in between songs, I sang and did my motions perfectly! Mom was impressed since that morning I didn't want to get dressed or go to school at all. Unfortunately the weekend before Christmas I was still feeling under the weather with a cold, but it's good I was getting it out my system before all the fun would start. And boy did it start...On Tuesday evening, we drove downtown to see Daddy. We visited him in his new office on the 11th floor first, then went downstairs to go ice skating!! I was nervous at first and wouldn't even go out on the ice, but Mommy eventually coerced me onto the rink and I had my first experience ice skating! I got braver as the evening progressed, and Mommy did't have to hold me under my shoulders. At one point I told her that my feet didn't feel like my feet, they felt like aliens! After skating around a few more times, we took off our skates and headed over to have pizza at a restaurant. It was a fun evening and I think I would definitely like to try ice skating again!
As if the week wasn't fun enough, the next day after I went to school in my pajamas, I was picked up early and we took off for a trip. We found out in the car that we were going to a place called the North Carolina Transportation Museum where we would take a trip on the Polar Express! It wasn't too long before we stopped off for a picnic then went down the road to the museum. We toured the museum for a while seeing some antique cars and a railroad roundhouse with lots of different types of train cars! After walking around for a little bit we went for an early dinner at a restaurant. Then, we went back as the sun set for our Polar Express experience! Before getting ready for the event, we got to do some crafts and see a model train. As we finally waited to board the train, we saw the conductor and he said we were going to the North Pole.
The train slowly approached and I shook with excitement! We got on the train and found our seats and as the train started to move, the dancing chef's started singing the Hot-Hot-Hot, Hot Chocolate song. Then, they served us hot chocolate and a chocolate chip cookie. As I ate my cookie, the conductor came through the car and stamped our tickets! He stamped an 'A' into my ticket! The chef's read us the Polar Express book as we kept traveling and as we approached the North Pole we sang Christmas carols. I sang the loudest of anyone on our car! I was just filled with excitement! At the North Pole we got off the train and went to see Santa arrive and get ready to deliver the first gift of Christmas! The evening was magical; there was a chill in the air and the clear sky revealed twinkling stars! We got back on the train one last time and as we came to the end of our ride Santa arrived in our car to say hello! He handed all of us our polar express bells before it was time to leave. I had such an absolutely great time! It feels like it's time for Christmas and I am so excited for all of our family to gather and celebrate together!
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