The Franklin Institute

Aunt M came to visit for the weekend before big guy and I headed down the shore. So, we decided to try the Franklin Institute, which as a family, we've never been to before. Big guy's first time, too! We picked up Aunt M from the train in the morning and went over, just in time for the IMAX movie, which was a showing of the history of the Railway that goes through the Canadian Rockies! that's right, an hour long movie on a giant screen about a choo choo train. Greatest. Movie. Ever. big guy did awesome. We sat near the top, where the exit is and where the IMAX isn't as nauseating. We munched on goldfish and juice. Big guy jabbered throughout the movie talking about train, tracks, trees, things that were broken (spoiler alert- it was a treacherous journey building this railway- lots of people died). Following tbe movie, we went to the kids zone where there is a real steam train that you can "ride" for about ten feet and incredibly slow. But big guy got to make the steam come out and was totally enamored with standing and looking at it. We also ventured into the Heart, but big guy wasn't too impressed. He liked the kid zone where he got to splash in some water and play with boats. And we almost saw two women get into a fist fight. Classic. A definite success, capped off by a trip to the gift shop where there is a huge train section and big guy dozing in the back seat!

Big guy and hubs in the heart.

 Big guy with Aunt M going through every train in the gift shop