This morning we packed up and headed all the way over to St. Paul (yep, we do cross the river sometimes) to visit Choo Choo Bob's Train Store. I was told of this wonderful store over 2 years ago but we never took the opportunity to visit....until today. They have everything trains: kid's trains, collector's trains, train puzzles, train books, benches with trains on them, trains to watch and of course, trains to play! Ryan's first impression upon walking in the store was "why in the world did you bring us here", until he ventured around the store, saw the smile on the girls' faces, and said upon leaving "I think we'll be coming back here"! In fact, the girls had so much fun the only way we got them out of the place was to promise we'd be coming back again. Amazingly, neither one begged to buy anything in the rows and rows of trains for sale but instead were content with knowing they had just spent the morning playing with trains.
PS Uncle Shane, we had wanted to call you to join us but knew that 11am is just too early for you on a Sunday morning :)
Regan loved playing on any of the 6 tables set up with tracks including three tables with Thomas the Train. We have lots of ideas now to get her small set arranged.
Sidney adored this powered train. Every time it came by, she'd scream "CHOO CHOO!" Unfortunately, she thought maybe this was a play train and ended up temporarily shutting it down until the conductor (aka store employee) got it up and running again. Gotta love her curiosity!
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