The Wilson Family: Hey, that's not the Polar Express!!!

If you aren't aware, Grapevine, TX is hailed as the "Christmas Capital of Texas"! And, I have to say, it is a wonderful city to live in. This year we had tickets to ride the "North Pole Express" so we dressed the boys in their PJ's and went to downtown Grapevine/Main Street and started our evening by grabbing a bite to eat. Oh what fun...eating in public in your PJ's! Afterwards we walked down to the gazebo to watch the light show set to music. It was so much fun we finally had to join in on all the dancing. After we were all danced out we went to the train station where we were to board our train promptly at 7:30pm. Luke (our "train kid") was so excited to take a ride on the Polar Express. He was ready to drink hot chocolate and go the North Pole to see Santa. Our train departed the station and sure enough, Santa made his way down our train car and it was all very exciting until we returned back to the station where Luke said, "Hey! We didn't go to the North Pole!" (There's no fooling this kid!). We walked back to our car and they were parking the engine for the night and as quick as a flash Luke was sure to inform us that that train was an imposter! It was NOT the Polar Express! Lesson learned...we now know better than to suggest to a kid who LOVES the movie Polar Express that we were indeed riding that very same train!