Yesterday was Free Museum Day in Sacramento, and since we all know that f-r-e-e is my favorite four letter word, we decided to take advantage of the opportunity to take the boys downtown to the Railroad Museum. We've been wanting to take them for awhile, but we never could justify the admission cost (what if they're bored and want to leave after ten minutes!?!), so free museum day was definitely the best way for us to check it out.
Apparently, every other family in the greater Sacramento area also had that idea because it was beyond crowded. We had expected it to be crowded though, so that wasn't exactly a shock, but we hadn't expected for it to be so darn hot in there with all those people crammed in! Seriously, you could barely move around in there, and there were long lines in and out of all the tour-through trains. Luckily, the trains are gigantic and abundant, so even though the place was packed the boys were still able to get their fill of choo choos for the day. Sutton especially liked pushing all of the buttons that make the display trains whistle and light up, and both boys enjoyed the listening station where you pick up a telephone receiver to hear a woman telling facts and stories about the old time railroad. I forgot to charge my new camera battery before we left the house, so I was only able to get a couple of pictures at the museum (with a couple additional photos borrowed from Holly's blog, because they visited the museum today too...bright and early in the morning when there were apparently WAY less people there. Good to note for next year!).
Apparently, every other family in the greater Sacramento area also had that idea because it was beyond crowded. We had expected it to be crowded though, so that wasn't exactly a shock, but we hadn't expected for it to be so darn hot in there with all those people crammed in! Seriously, you could barely move around in there, and there were long lines in and out of all the tour-through trains. Luckily, the trains are gigantic and abundant, so even though the place was packed the boys were still able to get their fill of choo choos for the day. Sutton especially liked pushing all of the buttons that make the display trains whistle and light up, and both boys enjoyed the listening station where you pick up a telephone receiver to hear a woman telling facts and stories about the old time railroad. I forgot to charge my new camera battery before we left the house, so I was only able to get a couple of pictures at the museum (with a couple additional photos borrowed from Holly's blog, because they visited the museum today too...bright and early in the morning when there were apparently WAY less people there. Good to note for next year!).
Sawyer looking at some of the tools of the railroad building trade
Sutton and I watching Thomas go around the track (via Mitch's camera phone)
Mitch and Sawyer checking out some of the displays of model and toy trains
Afterwards we walked around Old Sac for a little while and took the boys into the candy store for a treat (which I think was probably the highlight of the day for them!). We came home with the intention of having our weekend family movie night, but both boys were so tired out from their busy day that they went to bed early!
The Lollipop Guild with their tasty sugar rush
This week during school time we've been working with some of the new materials that I made last week. Sutton has been having a great time doing a pouring activity in which he transfers about 1/4 cup of dried split peas between his pitcher and a bowl. Sawyer and I have been working on numbers and number sequencing, his favorite being the activity where we take six dice and put them in numeric order. Both boys have been having fun with a new game where we use their magnetic fishing rod to sort a big bucket of objects into seperate magnetic/non-magnetic bowls. I'm so glad that they both seem to be enjoying their school work! Although I originally had only planned on doing school activities on the weekdays, Sawyer has asked to "do school" both days this weekend, and of course I was happy to oblige!
Sawyer matching up number cards with the correct amount of laminated red paper dots
Sutton perfecting his pouring skills
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