Trainspotting

We had plans for this past weekend that went a little awry...

We were supposed to go to Pittsburgh to see our friends and were planning on leaving early in the morning...yes 7am counts as very early for me.

At 4am we hear the patter of little feet and the cry "Uncle Tom!" (he had put him to bed the night before for us), "come in here" we say, and in he comes followed by a trail of puke. Did I mention we have white carpet??? And Uncle Tom usually feeds Tavish Nutella when unsupervised??? You get the visual.

So Saturday was spent vomiting and cleaning up vomit (Rafal is a master carpet cleaner). Sunday the puking was over and we slept way in *smile* so we went for a little walk along the trail near our house to get some fresh, non-puke scented air. Part of the trail goes over the freeway so we got to do a little trainspotting...

We were lucky because we caught two trains, one going in either direction, which is pretty exciting when you are three and still not feeling great.

And for the record...Rafal got sick Monday, then Uncle Tom and I on Tuesday.
Please let's be done so we can enjoy the 70 degree weather this week!

A Grand Day Out

Tavish and I had a free day today, so we set off for an adventure.
Unlike Wallace and Gromit, it did not involve going to the moon for cheese, but we did go to the moon, sort of...

We went to the Air and Space Museum! Here we are waiting for the show to start in the planetarium. They have a great show for kids where Big Bird and Elmo travel to the moon and teach a little about stars. Tavish was sufficiently impressed and cutely excited.

We saw rockets and got to tour the Skylab.

We saw lots of airplanes and learned a little about lift and drag.

After we were done at the museum we rode the carousel on the mall...there seems to be a dragon theme lately...

And stopped for ice cream on the way home...Tavish requested green ice cream.

And this is what green ice cream looks like on your tongue.


We really did have a grand day out...Tavish did really well and it made me excited for more adventures in the future!