Garfield Park

Garfield Park and Consevatory has a train display every year. We have never been, and I really wanted to fit in in this year, especially when I saw they offered one free day (December 15) where you could see the trains, visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus, and make a craft with the elves.

 

Unfortunately, Bob had to work that day for a wrestling meet at the school he teaches at. Although we missed him, the boys LOVED having Grandma and Grandpa with them for the morning!

 

The conservatory was just gorgeous, and made for some really pretty pictures of the boys. But, I really loved the pictures of them with the trains!

 Joshua calling the fish, and trying to feed them his imaginary food.

 Our visit with Santa. Joshua surprised us and asked for a bike. Where did that come from?! Sorry, Joshua, but we already own like a million bikes, so Santa will not be packing another one into his sleigh.

 Santa gave the boys a piece of chocolate, which is about the only way we could get a picture with the boys standing still that day.

 We drove over to a different building to visit with Mrs. Claus. Kind of a blah visit, since the boys did not want to color any of the coloring sheets they had there. But, they scored a candy cane from sweet Mrs. Claus.

 We headed over for our last stop of the day to make a toy car with the elves. Jacob worked really hard on his, and he was so proud of his toy. Joshua was exhausted at that point, and really just wanted to go home!

I think the boys had a fantastic day, and we are so happy we finally made it over to see the train and do something new this holiday season!