Thursday, June 23, 2011

Fathers Day-Train style

For Father's Day this year we decided to do something a little different...well sorta.  You already know that Dennis and Owen are both extremely train-obsessed.  What better to do in that case then to go on a train ride for a fun father/son activity?

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About an hour away from us there's a short route called the Attica and Arcade railroad.
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Owen and Dennis were in heaven.  He barely wanted anything to do with me this day, which is unusual for him.  He wanted to share the experience with the true train enthusiast I think.
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We boarded the train and off we went.  The ride was about 45 minutes total, mostly through fields and some farmland.
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There was an open car in the back where Owen enjoyed watching the track and the smoke billowing up into the trees
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On-board entertainment
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They stop at a train station to turn back around and let everyone off the train.  They had hot dogs and drinks available too.  Seeing as it was lunchtime, we got a little snack.  Owen however, had a mini breakdown because we got off the train.  He couldn't even focus on eating because he wanted to get back on.
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He loved the engineer.  He kept waving at him.
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On the way home he started getting tired and wanted to snuggle with Daddy, happily riding on the train.
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He was able to hold off the nap until the car.
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Happy Fathers Day to the best Daddy ever!

Thursday, June 09, 2011

Owen in the Pool

It's finally gotten warm enough around these parts to break out the baby pool for Owen.  This was the basic progression of events:

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Run to pool, throw self in and start filling up watering can and dumping
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Fill bucket and proceed to try to empty out the pool and create mud puddles in the saturated ground
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Give mom one cute eye contact shot after she makes every animal noise in the book to catch his attention (the winner: meow!)
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point at airplanes
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splash
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get mad about splashed water getting on his face
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decide he NEEDS to get IN his boat
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random belly button check...yup still there
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get out, sit in mom's chair so she's sure to get a wet butt when she sits back down and pout for no apparent reason

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