.: Polar Express

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Polar Express

This tradition will never get old for me. My kids adore it! Ok, the truth is, I adore it and I just bring my kids along for the ride. :) They really go ALL OUT for this Polar Express.

Starts with:

Purchasing Golden tickets

Walking to our train entrance #6

Getting Aboard

Getting their initials punched into their golden tickets as they board

Writing letters to Santa

I would like some Pokemon, Star Wars squinkies...

Then the Elves, who are all dressed up, read the Polar Express as the train moves

Then they pass out chocolate chip cookies and hot chocolate

Then they arrive at Santa's workshop and you can see all the buildings decorated with lights and the Elves working and also dancing around. Then Santa Claus comes out in his sleigh that is being pulled by a train.

Then the train starts moving back to where we came from and the kids do a pajama parade-an Elf announces each one of them by name and they go down the aisle showing off their pjs.

Then we sing tons and tons of Christmas Carols, my favorite being the 12 days of Christmas.

Doing the Reindeer Pokey!

More reindeer pokey!

Then the train stops and Santa comes on board and sits with each child and asks them what they want for Christmas.

Then they pass out a silver Polar Express bell to each kid.

It is positively magical!!

Trevor bonded with this elf. The whole time during the train ride this elf would say really cute but corny Christmas jokes. My kids loved this. Trevor kept telling him his jokes too!

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NUMBER ONE SPEECH

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

"There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.

"Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

"Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization - an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win - to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is.

"It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there - to compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win.

"And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.

"I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

--Vince Lombardi

In the Faith of Christ

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Polar Express

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