Railroad fun...

We took a trip to Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa. There is a lot of history there about the railroad so we took advantage of the museums and tours. First we went to the Union Pacific Museum and learned all about how the railroad came all the way out here. Then we went to General Grenville Dodge's house and took a tour and watched a film. Dodge was a great contributor and engineer of the railroad. He also was a general in the Civil War and many famous people from that time had come to his house. The nice tour director had the kids go on a scavenger hunt by finding certain objects within the house and had lots of fun. I think she was surprised that they liked her game as much as they did. Our last stop was at a visitors train depot. We climbed all over old steam engines and cars. The last car was a converted caboose that had a bathroom. Rob went underneath and smiled for this great picture. I am so glad that we are able to go on these fun field trips together.
I don't have any pictures of the renaissance festival that we went to last weekend, but that was also lots of fun. When I was a kid I would go to the one in Minnesota and thought the kids would enjoy the silliness and the costumes. They did and so did Rob and I. They had people shouting out "Justice, get your justice here." There was a poor fellow with his head and arms hanging out a wall with a huge mess of tomatoes laying on the ground. Another lady shouted about how for $1 you could have your child put in the stocks complete with a certificate from the queen. We asked Brendan if he would like to do that, he said no. Other than that, the kids have been busy playing soccer and school. Next week is their last week of soccer and then we will have to find some other form of exercise!