Spring Break Part 2--Trains & Dutch Country

Spring Break is usually a family vacation.  Mommy and daddy will get our own away time, but for the kids---they get to do what they like.  Since Lego land is on the docket for next year, nothing is more exciting right now---especially for Tristan---than trains.  We headed to Lancaster!

I don't who was more excited.  The boys or their dad!  He made a bee line into the Strasburg train museum.

Honestly, it was like getting a personal tour guide.  Patrick took the time to show the boys EVERYTHING.  It's really fun to be married to an incredibly smart man.  It's a working vacation---the boys are shoveling coal into the boiler.

Best moment ever was when we got ready to ride the Strasburg train, the conductor came out and greeted us and yelled, "ALL ABOARD!"  Oh my gosh, it was like seeing our books come to life.

 

He even looks like Engineer Small.  The train ride went into Dutch Country and Tristan was so excited that he fell asleep.  Yeah, case in point: this is why we don't yet take them to Disneyland! :)

Also part of our dutch country experience, we ate Amish food and took a buggy ride through Amish country.  One thing is for certain:  I am really glad I am not amish.

We don't want to tell you about our 80-year-old buggy driver who was deaf, and possibly blind...but not only was he a bad tour guide, he wasn't even Amish!    So, our evenings were spent back at the hotel where we enjoyed their indoor water park.

 And the boys went scuba-diving too...look at Tristan....

Because we were so relaxed, it was hard everyday to make sure we got up time to go to this place and that...get there on time...buy the ticket...pick a restaurant....kind of made me want to go back to the cabin already!  But, we did have a very nice hotel and we found a deal $149 a night for a King size suite.  All the boys slept in the other room.

For the first spring break, we had a wonderful time.  The boys are still talking about the trip!