Holiday (Model) Train Outing

In past years we've trekked out to the burbs to check out a pretty extensive indoor holiday "railroad garden".  While the kids think its pretty cool ... its actually quite an expensive outing ... and they dont think its that cool.  So this year we decided to try something along the same line within the city, which also is a little cheaper (aka: free!).


We took an outing to to the Lincoln Park Conservatory, which had a couple trains running in a holiday-type scene.  It turns out it was a good choice.  Although there were only about two trains (compared to the 12 in the burbs) it was plenty.  Ryan found the two fascinating and Brooke was bored within minutes.  Both kids actually found the "fern room" to be the most entertaining - it had a wild/tropical feel ... and miniature hidden dinosaurs :)  We then took the money we saved and enjoyed a nice lunch.  Everyone was happy!

To complete our holiday-themed day, we concluded the evening by starting to decorate the tree :)