G has taken Avery to French Lick for the Polar Express the last two years and this year Taylor and I joined. Before the Polar Express we went swimming - Avery is already a little fish but Taylor really took to the water. His swimmies finally stay on and he could have swam on his own all day. Avery loved playing dolphin and doing tricks and Tay loved copying Avery and fetching the ball. The water actually was pretty warm so G and I did not freeze to death!
After we got cleaned up and in our pajamas for the train ride, we went to the arcade. Avery shockingly won a giant Unicorn in the claw game that she gave to her friend Bryn. Tay still loves to "play" any game - no need to insert coins :)
The Polar Express was such a magical experience. The conductor and Elves in our train car could not have been more into it - They danced and sang and learned all the kids' names. Avery was a little shy at first but then started really dancing and singing with the elves. Tay was a wild man - dancing crazily to every song and then doing somersaults over and over. Everyone was cracking up at him. After we went through the magic tunnel we arrived at the North Pole - Santa got on the train and the Tay lost it. Screaming "SANTA" and jumping around. Santa somehow knew Tay's name without being told and Avery is now convinced it was the real Santa. Tay was tired by the end and started asking for a show on my phone with about 10 minutes to go. But overall it was such a fun ride!
We all crashed as soon as we got back to our room and slept well that night. On Saturday we had a yummy breakfast buffet, looked at all the Christmas decorations, G let both kids pick out a souvenir and we had one more quick swim before heading home. We had such a great time and are already booked for next year. Avery wants this to become out tradition - G and I agree!!
Pool Time!
Arcade Time - And Avery's big claw game win!
Terrible Family Pics - Just Awful!
Train ride - Rough Lighting and Squirmy Kids!!
Cool Christmas Decorations
