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Saturday, November 30, 2013

The Polar Express

Today we got on the Polar Express Train and rode all the way from Iowa to the North Pole to see Santa and his elves. It was a long trip, but it was worth it. The train was a wonderful old steam train and had a great loud whistle just like in the story. Riley was super excited to see all the trains and play with the train sets. He also really enjoyed seeing Santa and Santa's pocket watch which had tiny trains running in two directions. He also got a silver bell as a present just like in the movie. Max was a pretty good sport about it and didn't make too much of a fuss about not really going to the North Pole. The Polar Express was a fun start to the Christmas season. Tomorrow we go to get our tree, hopefully we can pick a good one.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Riding the Train

Last weekend our family went to the Boone Valley Rail Road and spent a Day out with Thomas. Our youngest Riley LOVES Thomas the Train, and just trains in general. We had taken Max to this event when he was three and had a great time. It was a beautiful morning and we were the first ones to ride the train that day so we got great seats. We also saw many other types of trains including a huge steam train and lots of diesels. We even saw the train that pulled our wedding party for our wedding reception.

There were things to do while waiting to ride the train, like a hay maze and train tables to play with. There was also a bouncy house, video viewing rail car, and you could meet Sir Topumhat. Riley was in heaven. It was nice to get out and do something like this as a family. Jered has been super busy with school/work and I have been pulling tons of overtime at my job as it is the end of our year. I hope we can get back to doing more family time as the holidays approach.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Our Christmas Tree

This year we went to Handley's Holiday Hillside in Solon for our Christmas Tree. We went there years ago to buy a tree when Jered and I were first married and really liked it. Today was cold but not snowy so it was a nice walk through the rows. The boys enjoyed picking out the tree and we all carried it back to tie it on the Jeep. We bought a Canadian Fir tree, it has nice small needles and strong branches for ornaments and lights. There is really nothing like the smell of a fresh cut pine tree. We have it all set up and tomorrow we will decorate it once it "relaxes". The house is really starting to feel festive now that the tree is up.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Day out with Thomas

Seeing Thomas, a photo by shaunadieter on Flickr.

Riley ( and Max) went to see Thomas at the Boone valley RR. Riley loves Thomas and trains of any kind. He was super excited to see the real Thomas and ride on a train. The weather was nice - no rain and we had a great time.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Day out with Thomas!

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Originally uploaded by shaunadieter

So on Saturday, Max, Grandma and Grandpa Pregitzer and I went to the "Day out with Thomas!" in Boone Iowa. Max isn't a Thomas fanatic like some of the kids we saw ( he still is a Star Wars fanatic!) but he really really liked the trains and how they worked. He also enjoyed all the fun activities they had available to the kids while you waited for your turn on the train. We had a great time - thank you Grandma and Grandpa!