Trains!

On Monday November 22nd, Sofia and I headed to North Park Mall in Dallas to visit the yearly train exhibit. We'd never been before and have been told numerous times that it is well worth seeing (especially given Sofia's love of trains). Plus, I needed to get one more gift before we headed to Santa Fe for our "Thanksmas" celebration with Aunt and Uncle. The train exhibit was incredible and Sofia loved it! We ended up spending nearly two hours watching trains, and she was completely captivated with the Thomas train and watching the "Metro" run under Grand Central Station. At one point a boy came up behind us and said "Look Mom, the Subway." and Sofia turned and said "It's the Metro." I had to explain to her that the "Metro" is called the "Subway" in New York....

She also liked to watch the train go into the tunnel under the Texas State Fair. It was a great exhibit and I'm pretty sure Sofia could have stayed all day watching trains. Instead, we headed to lunch and then finished up our shopping for Aunt and Uncle. In the process, Sofia found some adorable shoes, which she now wears everywhere.

The entrance to the train exhibit - it was amazing!


The exhibit included Washington DC, San Francisco, New York City, Dallas, Fort Worth and Amarillo (for some reason). I had to take a picture of Washington DC.


Watching a train go by...


Grand Central Station


Watching "the Metro" under Grand Central Station


Sofia's favorite place.....watching trains and the Metro


Watching Thomas Train. This was a very popular place, so I was lucky to get a picture of her without the swarm of kids trying to watch Thomas at the same time.


Sofia and the new shoes she picked out at Nordstrom's.


How cute are those shoes?!


The weekend before we all went to Southlake for the Christmas tree lighting.


Our little reindeer before Santa threw the switch to light it up.


Lights!!


Merry Christmas!