old Sacramento train museum

On Saturday morning, we had a delicious dimsum at Ming's Dynasty in downtown Sacramento - so fun to have dimsum with a crowd! You can have so many dishes! And then in the afternoon we split up. Kim, Dani, and dad went to an aquarium store to buy more fish for the Avery/Lee's fish tank, an object of much fascination and discussion all week. Roxy and Liesl and mom stayed home. And Sebastian and I borrowed a couple of bikes and set out for the California State Railroad museum in old Sacramento. We had been there before, in 2013, when Seb was a completely train-obsessed 5-year old. But of course he didn't remember it at all and was quite curious to return and see the exhibits. It was fun to return with him and see the exhibits again through his eyes - we especially liked reading about a train that got stuck for three days in a winter blizzard at the Donner Pass.

And these are just photos of some goofy play around the house - punching at paper snowflakes as they dangled over the edge --

 And very enthusiastic karaoke from Carl and the girls.