Coming Home and Train Museum

We split the ride up on the way home, drove an hours and half to Sacramento and planned a stop at the California State Railway Museum. Promising Timo we were going to see trains was the only way we could get him in the car that morning...he wanted to play in the snow so bad. I packed their backpacks full of books and knick knacks to occupy them. They did pretty well in car, only fussy the last 20mins or so.

But when we got to the parking garage for the museum, words can not discribe how excited Timothy was. If he can't skip yet but if he could, he was skipping the whole way to the museum. He was laughing, smiling, saying "see trains Mommy? See trains?" Once we got inside, he was sooooo overwhelmed by the size, he just stood and strared for a long period of time. He ran from train to train, pointing...."Trains! Daddy look, choo choo trains!"

There were a bunch of cars you could go inside and see all the period pieces of yesteryear. I wold LOVE to go back and take our time to really explore all the history that was there. (I have a feeling that would mean without the kids) I think the size was a bit scary for the kids too, I tried to get them to go up and touch some wheels but they would only get so close...

Cameron really enjoyed the model trains. They had lots and lots of running trains in villages that she she just loved watching and pointing out objects she knew.

Upstairs they had all the Thomas train sets and that's where we camped out for a long time. (We were trying to tire the kids out so they would nap on the way home) They had a few different Thomas sets and plenty of trains for all the kids that were there. Timo would have stayed here forever if we let him.

The saddest part was when we had to leave...Timo was crying so hard. We got him outside and he just ran back to the front door, clinging to it, crying and screaming "Traaaaaains". We hated to take him away but it was way past their nap and we still needed to eat lunch....we spent 2 hours there! But we'll be back...

After a some lunch we headed back to the car to get on the road again. I knew they were so tired...they both fell asleep before we even got back on the freeway! They slept the whole way back home. What a great trip!