Railroad Days

We tagged along with the Thomas' this weekend to check out Railroad Days. It was a great opportunity to see both "Lauritzen Gardens" and the "Durham Museum." These are some of Omahas big attractions so it was nice to finally check them out. The gardens were beautiful but it was hot- hot- hot that morning and gardens are not necessarily kid heaven. I loved it though and would love go back another time without kids to really check it out. The museum though surprised me as having a lot of fun things for the kids to see and do. It's an old train station with some great history.

This is such a classic Brielle face- I don't know what exactly what she is saying with this face but I do know it is completely indicative of her personality.
So what did Brayden request for a his face painting- he had them do a snake all down his arm (you can't see it in this picture) and a dollar sign on his forehead- frightening, I know! I think when they start asking for things like this it's time to "grow" out of the face painting thing.

Normally, Brielle is extremely weary of strangers but she will do anything to be just like her brother and sister... even let a stranger get up close and personal to paint her face. After she had her first cheek done she just stood up and walked to another table and pulled up a chair in front of another face painter like "her I am, ready to go." It was pretty cute.

And now you might watch this video and think-- what about this did Melissa think was blog worthy? ....3 reasons- 1. The girls singing on the bus was really quite sweet 2. Its very cute how Brayden becomes quite embarrassed when caught singing "Mary had a little lamb" and 3. Its also quite hilarious when you notice that yet again the video is sideways but wait this time it was not me but Kevin taking it. We are just too funny.