Railway Museum

Today we had a fun outing through the mom's group to tour the Southeastern Railway Museum.  I loved how the tour was set up.  With the amount of kids attending there were several small groups set up to rotate through different parts of the museum.

The tour kicked off with a fun activity outside where the kids got to pick out plastic spiders from a ball pit created with baby pools.  Isaac had more fun picking up the balls than the spiders so it required a bit of focus.  Once each child picked up a spider of a various color they were to place it into wagons.  From there the wagons were guided over to an area of containers where the kids were to sort the spiders by color.  It was a fun activity but Isaac was certainly more interested in the wagons.

He didn't quite understand the concept of pulling the wagon by the handle.  Instead, he preferred his own style of pushing.  He loved pushing the wagon.

I think he would have been perfectly content pushing the wagon for a couple of hours.  But since there was a lot more to see, and a little coaxing, he conceded and moved on to the next fun item on the tour.

 School buses!  Isaac got to go on his very first school bus!

Isaac got to go on two different types of school buses and sit in the big boy seats.  Even though he was curious about his surroundings and exploring  the seats and the windows he kept a careful eye on the bus drivers and listened rather well.

Next up was a craft activity where Isaac was more interested in gathering up all the crayons instead of coloring with them.  Then it was on to the old Marta buses.

Each child was given a golden token to put in the box before entering the bus.  Isaac did very well holding onto his coin.  He needed help putting it into the slot but once he was on board he took immediate interest in the big windows.  We had time for a quick snack on the bus too.

Then Isaac got a turn sitting in the drivers seat!

Oh how he loves wheels and anything that turns!

After the bus tour we walked inside to look at the old trains followed by story time.  Then it was time to go.  He was one worn out boy.  By the time I had him loaded in the car seat and waiting a couple of minutes for traffic to clear before pulling out onto the main road, he was fast asleep!  He slept the entire way home.

I'd say it was a successful morning!