Strausburg, PA

The day after Thanksgiving, we thought it would be a lot of fun to go to Strausburg, an old railroad town about an hour and a half away. Right now Sky is obsessed with trains and anything that goes "choo choo!" Originally we went with the mindset of riding the actual train, Santa was going to be on it that day, and it sounded so fun! But, at the last minute we decided not to, and that we would save it for another day, maybe in a year when Skyler is just a bit older to enjoy it more. We did get a glimpse of Santa though! We wandered the shops around the train station, listened to the carolers and ate some kettle corn, and then made our way to the museum. The train museum was so cool and the kids really loved it. I never thought I'd be so interested in trains, but they had models of trains throughout all the years and we got to peek into some of the luxurious diner cars and sleeper cars. It all hit me as very fun and romantic. The kids just thought it was dang cool. There was also a place for them to play with toy trains and look at models. We spent a lot of time there and definitely got our money's worth.

Afterward, we went to Cici's in Lancaster, our favorite pizza buffet in the world. It was so relaxing to sit there with the family and the kids were so good. It was a lovely day!