Toy Trains are Still More Fun

Last Saturday the whole clan took a drive to Osceola WI to take a ride on a real train. I thought the boys would like to experience a real train, as they so enjoy playing with their wooden Brio and Thomas train set. Elise is kind of young to understand what was going on. Unfortunately, it was unseasonably cold ( below freezing) and the train cars were not heated. It was a short trip ( about an hour and a half) from Osceola, across the river to Marine on St Croix MN, and back again. I think Grampa enjoyed it more than the kids, but all in all it was a fun day. I think Jack was more excited about coming to Gramma and Grampa's house afterwards than he was about the train ride. The plan was to have the kids nap while the adults had lunch, but Jack and Wes were too excited to sleep, so they played until it was time to go home. We thoroughly enjoyed the day.