Santa train time is here again! They are starting this weekend (Dec 6-7) and run the 13 & 14 and 20 & 21st. This has become our favorite local holiday tradition, and we will definitely be riding again this year. There is nothing that says quintessential northwest Christmas like riding the train through the old growth forest in Point Defiance Park, and the Santa experience on the train cannot be beat. See last year’s post (December 2007) for more info.
The Santa Train is run by the Tacoma Chapter of the National Historic Railway Society out of the Camp 6 Logging Museum and all the info you need is on the website. Happy Holidays!
We came across a really lovely memory game made by this company, eeBoo, a company that says they are “about producing beautiful, useful and well-made products for children.”
I think they live up to their intent. Their games are made of nice heavy cardboard, and the illustrations have a wonderful vintage feel that make you think of treasured old childhood books passed from generation to generation. The subjects are fanciful (old fashioned robots, fairy bowers, animal circuses …) and the illustrations are whimsical and marvelous. They have everything from simple games (Bingo, Memory, Dominoes) to sketchbooks and journals. (more…)