Choo Choo! Get on that train!
It was a chaotic, rainy, mommy-goes-crazy day. My sweet hub-man was coming home from work and wanted to get out for a bit. Summer Days have been long and we're running out of ideas to keep these kids entertained, but he had a great one.
What would we do? Check it out:
We rode the train! I forget that we live in "the city" as opposed to a small town in TX or the outskirts of Memphis. We're a whole 8 minutes from the train station so after dinner we cleaned up a bit and headed over to check out the light rail. This is the kids first train ride unless you count the trolley in downtown Memphis. We realized there is a train stop near an Old Fashioned Soda Shop. We'll do that next time. Instead, we came home and made Root Beer Floats. It kinda disappointed us when BOTH Zach and Abby said, "Beer Floats are GROSS!" 
We had a blast on our mini-train station vacation! What about all you Mommas? What have you been doing to kill time in the Summer?
what a neat thing to do! your kids are looking so grown up...they must have had so much fun! we are definitely going to check out places near by our home too this summer...holidays are in 1 week!
...and i'm so with them about the 'beer' float...how cute is that!
What a great idea. I forget about our train sometimes. I've had folks tell me they take the train here and spend the day in town then go home. I really need to do that more often myself.
How fun. I loved to go on the train when I lived up north. The pics are great.