25 Days of Christmas - Day 2 (2015)

Today we did a few fun things.  We got all of our Christmas/winter books out and we are very close to having 25 which would be cool to read a different book each night in addition to our 25 days next year.  I'll probably look into sales after Christmas.  Then we made Christmas cards for all the grandparents with fun Christmas stickers and we played a roll a number dot the number game.  Our parents as Teacher educator came today and she gave us these and they were great.  Very easy for number recognition and kids had fun!

Christmas Kickoff at Union Station

Today we went to Union Station and I just can't believe how magical this place is during the holidays. It is so much fun. Giant Christmas trees, lights everywhere, fantastic picture opportunities, trains and so much more.  It is by far my favorite place to visit during the holidays in Kansas City!

We started our day off with brunch at Harvey's.  They have a brunch buffet with a lot of yummy options.  Kids under 4 are free which made this a great deal for us.  My kids eat a ton and were eating prime rib and shrimp for free!  Yes, please!

Then we wrote letters to Santa and mailed them in the big mailbox that goes directly to Santa. Kahlan asked for a My Little Pony castle and Noah asked for a big dinosaur toy which is actually a specific toy that I had to look up commercials for until he could see the one he meant!  I love that they are starting to have very specific opinions and wants.

We rode the holiday train (cost is $5 per kid or free with membership) and looked at the free model train exhibit. The model train exhibit is free and runs all year. Kids love this.

We saw the Let it Snow show at the planetarium  ($3 per person, free with membership) which was really cool.  We all enjoyed it quite a bit.  Fun Christmas music and lights.

Finished our trip with Science city.  (13.50 per adult and 11.50 per kid or free with membership)  The kids really love this place and there is so much for them to do!


We had so much fun today and I really recommend getting the Union Station membership!  One trip during the holiday season can almost pay for itself.  A family of four membership is $95 and for a limited time you get 4 Royals rally posters valued at $22 each so a total of $88 value.  Hello Christmas presents!  We were planning in buying 2 anyway and just renewed our membership so now we are members through April 2017!

With our trip just today we would have spent $10 for train rides, $12 for the show, and $50 for science city.  Thats $72 of our $95 cost (not including the 2 royals rally posters we were planning on buying which would have been $44).  We've been to science city a couple times this year already and plan on returning to do some other holiday stuff later in December making our membership well worth it! 

Also, included in your membership is one bag of free popcorn at the movie theater, discount on the traveling exhibits, and the ability to schedule your time for the holiday express train and santa! 

Post Christmas Organization

Once Christmas was over we realized we had way too many toys and no place to put them.  So we made a trip to ikea and completely overhauled the play room and got a unit for our living room to keep toys off the floor.  I'm so excited about how our playroom turned out.  The kids play in there so much more now!

The kids art supplies and coloring book are in the bins and below is a dress up station.

Really love this reading corner.  The pillow is stuffed animal storage!

Eventually we plan on hanging a tv above this one and routing it into the closet to hold a dvd player.  Also we will hang a mirror on the door for the dress up area.

This holds so many toys and the kids can't reach the top level so we can put things there we dont want them to get!