Months ago I caught wind of a free event at Union Station where a Christmas train comes that you can tour. I knew that it was a must do for our family. We decided to take GG and so we set out the Saturday before Christmas. The train had an actual face engine like Thomas characters named Rudy. The boys were so excited to meet a real train! I also found out that you can reserve tickets ahead of time to skip the lines. I was as excited as the boys I think. It was a pretty cold day and I wasn't sure how much we'd be outside so we all bundled up. To get to Rudy we had to go through Union Station and they had a whole train extravaganza set up with a toy train to ride and big model train set up outside the normal model train room. Seriously it was like train heaven and the boys were thrilled. Actually all they wanted to do was look at the model trains. Rudy and the big real one wasn't nearly as exciting to them. Pierce especially has little interest in riding or visiting bigger and normal sized trains. He's all about the toy versions. We got through the line and got on Rudy at his caboose. It was so neat! Each car had a different theme with model trains inside and tons of paraphernalia to look at. I have to admit it felt very magical! They even got little treat bags at the end. It was above and beyond what I had imagined. So fun when that happens!
We got through all the cars and took a few pics outside Rudy, but they were both so anxious to get back and look the model trains. So we headed back and spent the next 45 minutes just looking at the models. I think Pierce could have stayed there all day. It made me realize I need to take them there more to visit the permanent model trains they have set up. Blaine rode the toy train, but Pierce declined and just watched. Finally we headed out (with minimal tears and screaming as I recall- could have been way worse) and headed to lunch at Gates. Such a fun day!
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