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Homeschooling with Dad — The Train Museum

Homeschooling with Dad — The Train Museum

Last updated on: August 22, 2014 at 4:03 pm by Rebecca Frech

Homeschooling with Dad — The Train Museum 2014-08-22T16:03:04-05:00 Rebecca Frech

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The Computer Guy and I recently took the three youngest children to the Oklahoma City Train Museum. We tried to bring the older children too, but I don’t have the kind of money it would have taken to bribe them into being pleasant while climbing through old train cars on in extreme summer heat. #5 is three and loves trains more than anything. It was more my husband’s outing with the children. I just came along for the ride.

The Computer Guy, #4, and #5

He taught them useful things like “This is the brake. It makes the train stop.”

and all about that little doo-hicky thing that connects the wheels. (See how well I listen?)

He put pennies on the tracks which the trains ran over and flattened.

I said stupid things like “Hey. There’s a wagon.” and then took a picture of it with the color setting all wrong.

Oh, and I carried the baby around in his sling.

Then the baby got hot and I said it was time to go.

Which made everybody happy.

At last I could help. Bribery with a giant lemonade.

and there was peace in the car.

Oh, there was one other person at the train museum. The Computer Guy brought her along. Have I mentioned that I hate her? I have? Good.

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