Playing Catch-Up: Oregon Rail Museum and Build-A-Bear

 Last month we went to the Oregon Rail Museum and took a ride in an old luxury train car. It was a train car used by railroad executives for their travel and it was really amazing. These first two pictures are of us in one of the bedrooms - a full sized bed, a little table, sink, big closet and lots of storage. There was also a big shower that connected to the other bedroom. Separately in the same train car was a sitting area, dining room and full kitchen. It would definitely be a very comfortable way to travel.

The museum is located near OMSI and the round-trip journey took about a half an hour or so. In the summer time the train stops at Oaks Park and you can disembark and return later to finish the trip - I think we'll have to do it again then.

The museum was really neat as well with people working on some huge engines as we explored all the different things on display. Henry liked sitting at the controls and being the engine master. Nora liked to run around and try to climb on things she wasn't supposed to.

For Henry's birthday he received a coupon from Build-A-Bear so we decided it was the perfect opportunity for Nora to get her very first bear as well as Henry adding a third member to his pack.

This is the bear he chose - so he now has a brown bear (Charles Bear-kly), a black bear (PJ Bear) and this white one (whose name I can't remember!). He dressed this one in an army outfit....  He was so SWEET helping Nora pick out hers (a dog, actually), and get it stuffed, "washed" and dressed.