Easton's BIG Surprise!!!!

Easton kept telling us that he dreams of riding on a REAL train.... This child eats, sleeps, BREATHES trains! And his favorite movie, favorite soundtrack is all The Polar Express. Obviously, he can't ride The Polar Express, but we were bound and determine to make his dream of riding a REAL train, come true!

That's when we found the Coopersville Marne Railway! They do a Christmas Train every year, so we bought up tickets and the day of the ride we kept telling Easton we had a HUGE surprise in store for him, but first we wanted to bring him by a train for him to see and hear it up close and then we would go to his BIG surprise! 

We waited on the platform for the train to arrive.  When it pulled up, we let Easton touch it, he heard it toot it's horn and then we told him it was time to go. He, of course, didn't want to.  So we asked if he wanted to ride it.  To which he exclaimed excitedly "YES!!!!" and that's when we SURPRISED him that his big surprise WAS getting to ride the train!

It was one of those moments that you never forget.  As a parent, making one of your child's dreams come true, it's a remarkable thing and we were so grateful to be able to provide this awesome experience for our little dude!!!!

Waiting for the train to arrive....

Easton's "genuine ticket to ride" (if you've seen the movie The Polar Express, you'll understand that line!)

Surveying the crowd....

With his boppy

A little Santa visit!

Mama and her boy <3

A family snap....

Can you tell someone's having a good time?

Hey! It's Santa again! (Easton even got a present, a toy car!)

This is the look of a dream coming true....

The conductor.  A very important man, you know.

"All Aboard!"