Train Party!

Little Lion and I were invited to LL's cousin J's 3rd birthday party on Friday.  We thought it was just going to be a short train ride on an old train.  Boy were we wrong :)  We took the Amtrak to Lakeland.  Here is LL's first ride in a train.  


As you can see it was roomy.  The chairs also had an extension so you could put your legs out and nap.  Little Lion enjoyed looking out the window and looking behind him at his friends in their seats.  

When we got to Lakeland, we walked over to the park in front of the children's museum.  (I should mention that LL had a fit the entire walk which was no fun for Mommy trying to carry him/stroller/diaper bag....Life isn't always easy with a 2 year old especially one with no nap). After the meltdown, we had a nice picnic lunch and listened to a bum play his guitar :)  

The kid's museum was fun.  There was a lot of interactive activities for the kids. They could go shopping in the grocery store, dress up like firemen and drive the fire truck, run the news station, and watch how the water cycle moves around.  Now LL had two favorite areas.  First was the airplane.  He's really into airplanes right now.  We sit outside on the trampoline and watch them fly over our house.  So he got to pilot his first flight.  
The second best part of the museum was the orange grove/factory.  They had orange trees where the kids picked the oranges (orange balls) off.  Then they went up to the top of the platform and pushed the oranges down the tubes where they were sent to the factory.  In the factory they went through the conveyor belt and then into juice:)  Here is LL picking oranges with the birthday boy and then sending the oranges down the tube.

After finishing up at the museum we walked back to the train station and took the train home.  It was a fun and unique birthday party.  LL was very tired on the way home.  So tired he was giggly.  Here is the sleepy, giggly, and extremely cute Little Lion.

Happy 3rd Birthday Cousin J!  Thanks for the invite!