25 March 2009 - World's Biggest Playgroup Day at National Rail Museum

Yesterday Lachie, Cass and I went to the National Rail Museum at Port Adelaide for National Playgroup Week http://www.playgroupaustralia.com.au/sa/go/news/national-playgroup-week-playgroup--national-railway-museum and the World's Biggest Playgroup Day. When we got there it was chaos. We had to park a few streets away and there were prams everywhere. The line for the free train ride went on and on. Lachie had a ball looking at all the large trains new and old and sitting in the carriages.



















We looked at a model railway as part of a scale model of Port Adelaide and got to press the buttons of a train crossing signal. Once Lachie had finished with this, it was time for what he had wanted all along. A ride on the train. Though the line was long, he was content to wait, which was a pleasant surprise. The train ride, though short, was his highlight - he loved it and enjoyed it more than he had when we had been previously (probably because he is almost a year older now).

This was how Lachie reacted when the train left the station.

After the ride we went to the Thomas the Tank Engine shop and Lachie got a new wooden Toby train for his collection and a Thomas the Tank Engine balloon. By the time we left it was nearly time for lunch so we popped over to James' work and had lunch with him at a nearby park where there was a playground and Lachie ran himself ragged. All in all it was great day. I love these moments when you see the sheer joy in your child's eyes and it doesn't have to be something big or expensive, all that doesn't matter to them.