Summertime At The North Pole

For their birthdays, I gave Aleah and Parker a trip to the North Pole and money to spend there!  The forecast first said rain all day so we were hoping it would change by morning and it did!!  We had a gorgeous day to enjoy Santa Claus Land!!

We were one of the first ones through the gate and it really wasn't that busy all day long!  The kids had a ball riding every ride they wanted to and some of them twice!!  (I kept wondering how they would compare these rides to the ones they will ride at Disneyworld this fall!!!)

I LOVE this huge polar bear!!  And it's a perfect photo place!

We decided the train ride isn't all that exciting - ha!  Or maybe that was Parker who decided that!!

Santa and Mrs. Claus were on the bridge when we walked in - don't they look cute?

When we walked in, I noticed the sleigh was missing from the front of the park and I was so disappointed because we always take pictures there!  But we found it - over by the polar bear!  And the back drop is MUCH better!

Everyone DOES know that the bottom of this statue is solid ice, don't they?

The kids had fun looking through the "boy" store and the "girl" store to pick out what they wanted to buy!

And there's a new fire pit area where you can actually roast marshmallows and make s'mores!  Of course with the fire ban on that wasn't an option but I'm sure it's more for the fall and winter months anyway!

We had packed a picnic lunch and thoroughly enjoyed the entire day!  No rain either - just nice sunny skies!