Last night we went to the local Texas Transportation Museum where they have an event called
Santa's Railroad Wonderland every December. Even before we went in there was someone selling these lighted swords for $5 each. I couldn't resist and I bought one for each of the older kids. DS#3 wasn't interested. They were so excited about the swords that they all willingly posed for this picture. Their excitement made the purchase well worth the money.
Our first stop was riding in an old train up and down the track. There wasn't much to see, but we still enjoyed the ride, especially DS#3 who was just taking it all in. Our next stop was a building where they had lots of trains set up and where they were running them constantly. DS#3 was fascinated and he was constantly pointing at this train or that train. From about five feet away he even noticed a bus in one of the scenes and pointed it out.
There was so much detail in some of these scenes. DD noticed that one of those houses looked like it was actually burning. There was smoke coming from the top of the roof where there was a hole as if there were a real fire in the house.
One of the attractions was getting to meet "Choo Choo Claus". Of course this term confused DS#3 so we just referred to "Choo Choo Claus" as "Santa". DH and I have never wanted to wait in those mall lines so our kids could get a picture with Santa, so DD was all excited about this rare opportunity. She was so excited that at first she was a little hesitant about going near him, and then when she got up there, she could barely talk. Yes, my DD, who just got in trouble last week for talking too much at school was actually speechless for the most part, especially when Santa asked her what she wanted for Christmas. The only thing she managed to blurt out was "Legos Space Police". She had already told me that she wanted this, but I wondered if she told Santa about this only because the boy in front of her had asked for it, too.
DS#3's favorite part of the whole trip was getting to watch Thomas the Tank Engine and his friend Percy together on one of the tracks in the "Garden" area which involved an outdoor setup of trains. The only way we were able to tear him away was to ask him to look for "Toby" the Tram Engine who is also one of his favorites. He did say when we were leaving that Toby was "at home". In fact he has two Toby's at home.
They had an old passenger engine that we got to walk through to see the very small spaces that people had to live in when they traveled on trains. My family all got into the engine part and the window portion was perfect for framing my little family. Of course DS#2 decided to be a little different and hang out the side instead of looking out of the window like everyone else. The big boys had the choice to stay home for this but they decided they wanted to go. I think they were happy they went. :)
Last night we went to the local Texas Transportation Museum where they have an event called Santa's Railroad Wonderland every December. Even before we went in there was someone selling these lighted swords for $5 each. I couldn't resist and I bought one for each of the older kids. DS#3 wasn't interested. They were so excited about the swords that they all willingly posed for this picture. Their excitement made the purchase well worth the money.
Our first stop was riding in an old train up and down the track. There wasn't much to see, but we still enjoyed the ride, especially DS#3 who was just taking it all in. Our next stop was a building where they had lots of trains set up and where they were running them constantly. DS#3 was fascinated and he was constantly pointing at this train or that train. From about five feet away he even noticed a bus in one of the scenes and pointed it out.
There was so much detail in some of these scenes. DD noticed that one of those houses looked like it was actually burning. There was smoke coming from the top of the roof where there was a hole as if there were a real fire in the house.
One of the attractions was getting to meet "Choo Choo Claus". Of course this term confused DS#3 so we just referred to "Choo Choo Claus" as "Santa". DH and I have never wanted to wait in those mall lines so our kids could get a picture with Santa, so DD was all excited about this rare opportunity. She was so excited that at first she was a little hesitant about going near him, and then when she got up there, she could barely talk. Yes, my DD, who just got in trouble last week for talking too much at school was actually speechless for the most part, especially when Santa asked her what she wanted for Christmas. The only thing she managed to blurt out was "Legos Space Police". She had already told me that she wanted this, but I wondered if she told Santa about this only because the boy in front of her had asked for it, too.
DS#3's favorite part of the whole trip was getting to watch Thomas the Tank Engine and his friend Percy together on one of the tracks in the "Garden" area which involved an outdoor setup of trains. The only way we were able to tear him away was to ask him to look for "Toby" the Tram Engine who is also one of his favorites. He did say when we were leaving that Toby was "at home". In fact he has two Toby's at home.
They had an old passenger engine that we got to walk through to see the very small spaces that people had to live in when they traveled on trains. My family all got into the engine part and the window portion was perfect for framing my little family. Of course DS#2 decided to be a little different and hang out the side instead of looking out of the window like everyone else. The big boys had the choice to stay home for this but they decided they wanted to go. I think they were happy they went. :)
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