Trains, trains, and trains!

       Around the end of October Weston had a school retreat for his program and me and the wee ones got to tag along. Last year when we went we drove by a train museum but never got the chance to stop in, so this time around we just HAD to stop by. We had offered a ride to one of Weston's classmates so she wouldn't have to take a train in to the retreat, so she tagged along with us. It was very nice of her to be willing to make the stop with us. But it turned out it brought back a lot of childhood memories for her so she enjoyed it too!
    So when we got to the museum, Oliver was just bug-eyed at the monstrous trains. It was really cute watching him look around. Weston had a blast reading all the nifty facts and reading about the history of some of trains they had on display. It really was quite fascinating. The big trains didn't hold Oliver's attention for too long unfortunately, but the person at the front desk told us that we had to stop by a train room they had for kids, and so we did. The room was long and just lined with wooden train sets with Thomas the tank engine, remote controlled trains, a mini version of a steam engine that actually did move by steam, it wasn't just a model (it was really cool). As you can imagine Oliver could not get enough of it. If this was our only stop for the day we would have been there all day. All in all, the museum was great and we found out that every now and then Thomas the tank engine stops by. A life size Thomas that kids can ride on. That would be another dream come true for him, so we'll have to go again when he's there. Oh did I forget to tell you what the name of the museum is? It's the Strausburg Railroad museum.