I've wanted to take Swee'Pea on a train ride for some time now, and was thrilled when Popeye did a little research and found the perfect day-trip for us. We took a little drive down to Fillmore, boarded a 1922 coach car, and rode for 45 minutes to a darling little Christmas Tree Farm. After "chopping down our own tree" (we cheated... I know, I know, but we tried! We tromped around for over an hour trying to find the "perfect" tree. The perfect tree just happened to be a pre-cut Oregon-fresh Noble Firs... which they just so happened to have a small supply of oh-so-conveniently located at the edge of the tree lot) we took a tractor ride, bought some snacks, and then rode 45 minutes back to the train yard.
All aboard!
Swee'Pea was completely mesmerized by the conductor punching his ticket... and yes, he was super awesome, just like the crazy Tom Hanks conductor on "The Polar Express."
He was mesmerized from the start... "Oh! Train!"
And then Santa arrived... Swee'Pea wasn't scared so much as he was annoyed that Santa had the audacity to try and sit by him. Yeah, he was a little territorial of his seat.
He loved every moment of the ride!
He was determined to cut himself down a tree!
He smiled the entire time home... and every time the train whistle blew, Swee'Pea would brighten up and let everyone know that there was a "Choo! Choo!" He had the entire train car cracking up.
It was delightful. Just what we needed. The perfect day for our little family. And we've done nothing but talk about what a wonderful day it was for the past week. It is days like that, creating sweet memories with my husband and my son, that makes all the chaos and hecticness of life melt away. Perfection. Simply perfection.
Popeye came right home and made this video with some of the video and photo footage from the trip. He was so excited and has shown it to Swee'Pea several times. Swee'Pea can't get enough!
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