Railway Museum

It's exhausting trying to keep the kids off the coffee table, kitchen table and kitchen counter so I'm always looking for things to do out of the house so we don't spend all our time in time-out. This morning I decided to pack the kids up and head over to the Plano Railway Museum. It's not that far (downtown Plano) and it's free. They offer a story time and tour of the facility for kids on Friday mornings. We got there a bit after story time began, but that was okay. As soon as we walked up though, I saw a sign saying strollers had to be parked outside. What no strollers? Ugh! At least I brought the leashes with me. I unloaded the kids and got their packs on. We walked in and sat in back for the rest of story time. Abby loved the puppet that was telling the story (it was a dog -her favorite animal). After story time we wondered around the museum looking at toy trains and different parts they had on exhibit for the kids. We even got to go inside a train car and look around. This was the first time I had been out in public somewhere by myself with the kids out of the stroller and we all did really well. You can't be in a rush and must have a ton of patience. Don't expect to get from one point to the next fast with two 18 month olds. People always laugh when they see the leashes on the kids, but I really couldn't do it without them. They are the best thing. I can keep an eye on them both at all times and in an emergency, I can just "tug" them out of harms way. It's great!
I didn't get many pictures since the kids were walking out of the stroller, but I did manage to get a few. I should have brought our lunch though. There was a great park just outside the museum that a lot of the moms hung out at after the museum thing. I'll have to remember that next time we go.



The kids loved this model train. They would have sat their for an hour I think watching it if I would have let them.

Whoever, thought it was a good idea to put this in the middle of the museum didn't think about the kids. Those are real nails they used building the railroad, and yes, they are just sitting there so the kids can pick them up (they are still sharp) and run around with them. Not a good idea! My two also loved the rocks. Jake kept trying to eat them and Abby kept trying to steal them.