Choo Choo!

Have I mentioned before that the buddies are obsessed with trains? They wake in the morning saying, "toot, toot!" Then, they play with trains all day long and surely dream about them at night.

Today, we decided to treat them to a ride on the real thing, a train named "Sophie". Sophie is a 1/4 scale miniature train who takes kids of all ages on a 1.3 mile ride around Williamson County Regional Park. Parts of the ride were really lovely with trees creating an arch overhead. The buddies liked the ride well enough, but the unusually chilly (and very windy) April weather kept them from enjoying it too much.

They sat on the ride, shivering, and barely seemed to notice that they were on a train. The funny thing is, when we arrived home, Ben sat on my lap looking at our pictures on the computer screen and he was really excited about the train from the comfort of our home. So, I guess, for an almost two year old, a picture of a train is as good as a ride on the real thing. I'm sure that will change before too long.

We enjoyed our picnic lunch on our living room floor in the warmth of our home and considered the afternoon a success.