Pre-Ramble: “Late one Christmas Eve, after the town as gone to sleep, a young boy boards the mysterious train that waits for him: the Polar Express bound for the North Pole.”

Pack your trunk, … All aboard, … the train is ready to leave the station.  Yep, the illustrious train room (as discussed in my previous post and shown below), is finally ready to be unveiled in the upcoming Holiday Home Tour benefit for Children’s Hospital.  Hour upon hour of blood, sweat and plaster have come to an end as every last train, track and timber is poised for action.

The Take-Away:  Here, after thirteen years, like “The Little Engine that Could,” a fantastical vision is realized – and shared. It’s never too late to act on the ideas that you have in your mind.

Post-Note (with all punsterism acknowledged): In a departure from the warm fuzzy, carpe-diem message above, I came across this highly amusing little bit of magic — a breakfast cereal put out by none other than Post … a Limited Edition Cereal called the Polar Express.  An elementary school teacher apparently unearthed this at her local Giant Eagle grocery store and describes it thusly:

It’s like chocolate Lucky Charms with marshmallows in the shapes of bells, trains, mountains, snowflakes and reindeer. Being the teacher that I am and a HUGE Polar Express fan, I am sure many heard me shout when I saw this in the cereal aisle … Wouldn’t this be fun to eat after reading the book to your class? You could pass out a baggie to each student and have them sort the marshmallow bits and then make a graph of the marshmallow bits they have!  I have created a sorting and graphing sheet for you to use.”

If you want a real treat, sharpen your pencils and take a ride over to the “teaching heart” website.

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