We took a weekend trip to go ride the Texas State Railroad last weekend. The boys had the day off school on Friday for parent/teacher conferences, so we took advantage of that to do something special for Ben's birthday.
It was a special event called Peanuts The Great Pumpkin Patch Express. It was supposed to be one of the steam engines for this ride, but it ended up being a diesel. Chris and I were disappointed that we didn't get to see the steam engine, but Sam had really wanted to ride a diesel so he was very excited. I'm sure it worked out better in the end since the noises the diesel made concerned Ben a little, and the steam engine would have been much louder.
It was a gorgeous day, perfect for a train ride!
The boys were so excited to ride the train. They'd talked about it for weeks. I honestly couldn't tell if they were more excited about the train or the pumpkin patch!
They gave out these cool fans.
It was a short 20 - 30 min ride to the pumpkin patch.
Petting zoo
Shooting bottles with a cork gun
That's Sam at the top of the slide and Ben at the bottom.
They had lots of games and prizes.
There was a pumpkin patch and trick-or-treat street.
Hay ride
Ben was tuckered out and slept on my lap the whole way back.
Sam was disappointed that we were head back home and not back to the hotel. He was not ready for the adventure to be over.
Ben was so exhausted! I wish he would have napped on the drive home, but he waited until 15 min before we got to the house to fall asleep. I brought him in the house and he napped in my lap again.
Sweet baby, can't believe you are two already!
1 comment:
What a great trip! I love the pictures. And I love that the boys are wearing Thomas shirts for the train ride. Heehee. :-)
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