The Wenham Children's Museum

Yesterday, we met up with a couple of the moms from our mom's group and took a trip to the Children's Museum in Wenham.  There was a big antique toy train exhibit that I thought the boys would enjoy.  I'd heard it was a quaint, small museum with a playroom and a tea house across the street.  (We did not go to the tea house - 'magine?)

It was a perfect morning!  The boys loved the museum.  Gabe ran after the trains as they chugged along in their big glass cases, and Zach just ran around.  Thankfully, it's a small place, so I wasn't as nervous when Zach went out of sight.  The playroom was fantastic, complete with a train table, playhouse, dress-up station, etc.  We'll definitely go back again soon.

The only glitch - we ran into some kids at the museum that we'd seen at Mall Tots earlier in the week.  Gabe had gotten into some "tussles" with these boys at Mall Tots, and I just couldn't believe that they happened to be at this little museum in the middle of nowhere on the very same day at the very same time!  What are the chances???  I held my breath and got lucky.  The boys never recognized one another.  Phew!

Here are some pics from the trip:

The boys looking at one of the exhibits

Zach was obsessed with watching this train (and pushing the button, of course)

He's pushing the button in this photo

Zach, Gabe and Hendrik - Gabe's pushing the train button

This is what the inside of one of the train exhibits looked like

Zach's back to that one train, pushing the button

Zach's checking himself out in the dress-up mirror

Zach, Gabe & Hendrik at the train table

Evelyn shopping in a cowgirl hat