We wanted to go on an adventure. (plus the fact that...)
Liam loves trains. (plus the fact that....)
Cathryn has been a single mother for almost a week now with Paul in Italy, and could use an outing and a distraction for Miss Nora (equaled...)
a visit to Menlo Park on the Caltrain, complete with park playtime and brunch at Stacks.
Liam is enamored by trains. On the trip to Oregon we encountered a few trains and a whole lotta train tracks. It was one of our distraction techniques when things were going poorly. "Hey, I think I see a train track!" We even stopped in remote Northern California towns to see their "historical" tracks (who knew?!) and trains. By the time we were home we had a train-lover on our hands.
When I woke Liam up this morning I told him that we are going to go on a train and he actually squealed. In excitement. At 8 am. Getting dressed consisted of putting on our train shirt, our train pants, our train shoes, and our train hat. None of which had any train resemblance what-so-ever. I don't argue with a two-year old!
Ryan wanted to take the train all the way into the city. I discovered that it's a 1 1/2 hour train ride. My guess was that after 30 minutes the novelty of the train would wear off quickly and what passenger wants to sit through an hour with a noisy toddler? Thus, Menlo Park was our destination of choice. We found a park a half mile away from the Caltrain station, played there for an hour, and then walked to Santa Cruz Ave for a little lunch. And did I eat! I tell you, pregnancy makes me starving. There was NOTHING left on my plate. I guess when you only have two and a half weeks until the due date your body is storing up a little bit-a fat!
To top it off, nap time was fantastic. For all of us!
Waiting for the train
Liam's face when he saw the train coming down the tracks
Our little passengers
Watching the world go by
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