National Postal Museum

Today we found another DC adventure off the beaten path. For our weekly Friday venture we went to the National Postal Museum. It was absolutely wonderful. It's not a very big museum, but it had great things for the boys to do and there was no one there. I love it when places are empty. It is so much nicer for the kids and the parents. The boys had a great time learning about all the different ways the mail has been delivered over time. Tade thought it was a cool thing that "before mail trucks were here on this earth horses helped to deliver the mail."

Mail delivery before and after. Seth was fascinated by the horses and planes. What an awesome museum for a little boy. Animals, planes, trains, and trucks. What more could you ask for?

This was the best part of the museum. The boys played in the cab of this truck for a long time. One of the advantages of having the museum all to ourselves.

Of course we couldn't take our Friday trip without our buddies Luke and Noah. They helped Seth with all the buttons while he drove.

Seth didn't want to leave the drivers seat. He thought he was the coolest kid in the world.

Seth did give up the drivers seat for a moment to look out the window at the things passing by. He looked so little in such a big truck.

The boys pretended to deliver the mail in this train mail car.

Tade had fun looking for the mail slots for the states he knows. Maryland and Utah were the ones he was most excited for of course.

Exploring the museum and being educated at the same time. What a wonderful thing.

Mail delivery used to follow Native American trails. It was really neat creeping through the quiet woods as we traveled the wooded trails to Boston.

Traveling by stagecoach was another form of mail delivery. There were so many things for the kids to climb on and in. What a great sort of museum.

Luke, Tade, and Seth decided to take a stagecoach ride to help deliver the mail.

"Hey mom, look at my sweet ride."

"Mom, why isn't this guy moving? His hands are kind of hard too."