On Thanksgiving I was looking around Pintrest and found an idea that I knew the boys would love.
The idea is to present the boys with a ticket for the "Minivan express" after they are all dressed and ready for bed then whisk them off to look at the lights while they eat popcorn and drink hot chocolate.
Obviously a strong homage to "The Polar Express" PERFECT for my boys. (Although Hyrum is afraid of that movie still, but he's all about popcorn, hot chocolate and lights)
We finally decided on a day that we didn't have anything and I made tickets on the sly. As the boys got ready for bed I popped popcorn and made two cups of hot chocolate and had the car warming in the garage. We were all set to go. Then Derek told the boys to say goodnight to me and I left still wondering how we were going to do this. Derek didn't have a plan either and told the boys they were going to bed by themselves and he walked out to get the tickets as the boys wailed. We still weren't entirely sure how to start this. Finally Derek just put his Bavarian german hat and cried "All Aboard!!" We walked in and handed them their tickets which we punched in the kitchen on the way to the garage.
We played music from the Polar Express as we dashed off into the night toward the Spanish Fork Festival of Lights. The boys were beside themselves with excitement. You would have thought they were actually going to the North Pole itself (of course Hyrum would have been much more nervous if we had been)
They drank their hot cocoa in BYU cups and ate their popcorn from their paper bags.
We got to the Festival of Lights and the boys were mesmerized
I've been through these kind of light shows before and they are cool but not spectacular but this time it was different
Everything seemed to have a magic glow to it
They had a soundtrack playing outside and you could tune to it inside the car as well
We didn't listen to the Polar Express anymore but the piped music did have a Polar Express North pole feel
We even got to visit the North Pole of sorts while we were there
After we were done the boys still wanted more so we headed to Mapleton to see if we could find any other lights to impress us. There wasn't much but we did find this remarkable tree in someone's back yard
That's a full sized tree. Incredible!
We've already begun to think of how we will improve the start of our travels. We plan to find a train soundtrack and find a real conductors hat somewhere for Derek to wear. Perhaps even a conductors suit. That would be cool! This definitely has the makings of a year long looked forward to tradition. I know I can't wait for next year.
The idea is to present the boys with a ticket for the "Minivan express" after they are all dressed and ready for bed then whisk them off to look at the lights while they eat popcorn and drink hot chocolate.
Obviously a strong homage to "The Polar Express" PERFECT for my boys. (Although Hyrum is afraid of that movie still, but he's all about popcorn, hot chocolate and lights)
We finally decided on a day that we didn't have anything and I made tickets on the sly. As the boys got ready for bed I popped popcorn and made two cups of hot chocolate and had the car warming in the garage. We were all set to go. Then Derek told the boys to say goodnight to me and I left still wondering how we were going to do this. Derek didn't have a plan either and told the boys they were going to bed by themselves and he walked out to get the tickets as the boys wailed. We still weren't entirely sure how to start this. Finally Derek just put his Bavarian german hat and cried "All Aboard!!" We walked in and handed them their tickets which we punched in the kitchen on the way to the garage.
We played music from the Polar Express as we dashed off into the night toward the Spanish Fork Festival of Lights. The boys were beside themselves with excitement. You would have thought they were actually going to the North Pole itself (of course Hyrum would have been much more nervous if we had been)
They drank their hot cocoa in BYU cups and ate their popcorn from their paper bags.
We got to the Festival of Lights and the boys were mesmerized
I've been through these kind of light shows before and they are cool but not spectacular but this time it was different
Everything seemed to have a magic glow to it
They had a soundtrack playing outside and you could tune to it inside the car as well
We didn't listen to the Polar Express anymore but the piped music did have a Polar Express North pole feel
We even got to visit the North Pole of sorts while we were there
After we were done the boys still wanted more so we headed to Mapleton to see if we could find any other lights to impress us. There wasn't much but we did find this remarkable tree in someone's back yard
That's a full sized tree. Incredible!
We've already begun to think of how we will improve the start of our travels. We plan to find a train soundtrack and find a real conductors hat somewhere for Derek to wear. Perhaps even a conductors suit. That would be cool! This definitely has the makings of a year long looked forward to tradition. I know I can't wait for next year.
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