a christmas carol

my good friend "A" and i decided it would be a rockin good time to go downtown to union station and see the disney train. it was in town to promote the movie "a christmas carol" which is coming out this winter. it did sound like fun, a big disney production, meeting friends and just enjoying the little kids for a morning.
i got myself dressed, maggie and ashton ready and loaded up the van. after fighting for a parking spot, we finally squeezed into one and headed for the station. it was a long walk, but we saw a glimpse of the train and were ready to go. "A" was on her way with her little guy.
I made it through the crowd to the train which stated, 1 hr wait from this point. Oh goodie, its only 90 degrees out with full sun, and my daughter has long pants on and winter boots. don't ask, it is really important to her to be prepared i guess.
we stood in line and waited. i had drinks for them, so they downed them, ate their snacks, met up with A (who illegally hopped in line with us) and checked where we were in line. almost to the one hour point. goodie!! did i mention it was blazing hot and i had sweat running down my stomach, back and legs? poor maggie was tomato red, but not about to part with her boots.
a few tantrums later, we made it to the train entrance.


(i thought a picture of the line would help remind me not to make these type of decisions in the future)

had we brought the older kids, it would of been pretty cool, but understanding the costumes and the making of the movie did not entice my children. it was a good thought though. we tried to be good moms and point out the interesting facts about the original charles dickens version, but it was hard to talk over maggie's screaming. heat stroke apparently makes you crazy.

(ashton and maggie checking out the exhibits they could not read or understand)


(maggie, ashton and "E" using the one finger touch rule to the no touch exhibits)

i did get a text from my other friend "L", but doesn't that girl know that i do not know how to text back? i read "are you at the train, its an hour and a half wait" but i was happily in my van racing towards home - sorry "L" i hope you didn't wait, or if you did, i hope it was fun!