For the first time in a long time, we've gone through fall without visiting a Renaissance festival. And let me tell you- it just doesn't feel right. But we did find something to make us feel better- a train show!
We headed down to Hotlanta for the Great Train Expo. I loved this train set I could control myself and waited so patiently to take a turn on the controls for all four tracks.
Even Junie gave it a try.
I wish our house was big enough for this train set.
As usual, we came prepared with step stools and chairs so we didn't have to be lifted up to see the trains.
We left for lunch and mama and papa took us out to lunch at an Indian restaurant where the owner kept me full of na'an and even offered to hold Georgie so mama and papa could eat. When we came back, we saw this van tricked out to look like a train. It even had a button you could push on the side to make the whistle blow.
Georgie was happy to go to her first train show. But I think her conductor's hat is too big.
All this fun really wears a kid out.
The best part was at the end of the day when a very nice gentleman let me hold the controller and drive a train all the way around his very big layout. He taught me how to slow down around the curves, but I was so careful, I never really got it fast enough to jump the track.
This was mama's favorite layout- the lego set. Whoever built this one had a sense of humor. You could spend hours looking at all the buildings and find Luke Skywalker chasing Darth Vader across a fire escape or a set of zookeepers sedating a bear in the park.
June's favorite layout were the ones with buttons that controlled the scenes. She very carefully pushed her chair to every single button she could find. Then she's push the button and exclaim "Looky there!"
