Trains

To start this Fall Break out we hit Home Depot - no, not to promote gay rights or child labor - but every October they have a fire safety mini carnival with games, a workshop, prizes and hunky firemen with their truck in the parking lot. I go for the hunky firemen, my kids go to get finger printed, win prizes, eat cotton candy and popcorn at 9:00 a.m. and build a rather useless wooden object (which they love).

I guess these are the only pictures that I got.  It was really fun and this year the weather was quite pleasant.

After that we headed to Scottsdale to the McCormick Stillman Train Park.  Our sweet neighbors let us know every year when the big train fest is (they usually set up a booth), and this year we decided to go.  We will defenitely go again.  In fact, in December they light up the park and have several trains running.  We will be checking it out then too!  There were so many train exhibits to see, big and small.  Faces to be painted, ice cream to be eaten, trains to ride, parks to play in, and bounce houses to be pounced!  We spent a good 4 hours there and could probably have spent more.  The park is there all the time, but the exhibit is only once a year. 

I think this was Luke's first experience with Thomas.  Have we instilled a love?

There were all these little villiages set up with the trains.  Such attention to detail!

Thanks daddy for the ice cream!

Jeff barely fit on this mini train - but someone had to go with Lizzie!

So this has started the break.  I will post later about the other things we will do...if I remember to take pictures.  Have a great fall break!