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Buckeye Model Train and Railroad Show

By on December 6, 2012 in Educational, Limited Time, Play Indoor, Winter

Earlier this year I took my kids to an expo at the fairgrounds to see model trains. I could barely get my son (who had *just* turned four) to leave – he was in heaven playing with trains, looking at trains, watching how the train operators programmed the trains…the engines could have been in their [...]

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The Depot Rail Museum

By on October 17, 2012 in Birthday Planning, Educational, Fall, Limited Time, Play Indoor, Play Outdoor, Spring, Summer, Winter

The Depot Rail Museum’s “Spooktacular at The Depot” was a great way to spend an afternoon for all those train lovers out there. The Depot is a rail museum decked out with some beautiful old boxcars that patrons can tour during the Halloween event. Children were encouraged to dress up and they provided treat stations, [...]

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The Ohio Railway Museum in Worthington, OH

By on August 16, 2012 in Educational, Fall, Play Outdoor, Spring, Summer

My son gets excited over two things: chocolate chip cookies and trains. If I could transform my son’s room into that of a train car where he was served cookies and milk upon demand, he’d never leave home. His sheets are Thomas-themed, his favorite shirts have Thomas or a train on them, and if you [...]

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Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, IN

Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, IN

By on June 12, 2011 in Art, Educational, Exercise, Fall, Play Indoor, Road Trippin', Spring, Summer, Winter

I know, I know, not Ohio, but the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is awesome – plain and simple. From the incredible hands-on exhibits to the amount of play that can be done in one visit, this is truly worthy of a day trip or part of a weekend get-away. My husband had a conference in [...]

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Huntington Holiday Train at the Main Library

Huntington Holiday Train at the Main Library

By on December 10, 2010 in Art, Educational, Limited Time, Winter

Do not miss the Huntington Holiday Train set up at the Columbus Metropolitan Main Library. I took my 2 year-old Thomas-aholic and we were both mesmerized for almost an hour. Thomas with Annie and Clarabell and Percy with those mischeivious freight cars, along with a few other trains, run the the tracks through a replica [...]

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