All aboard!

Auntie Barbie has the best ideas! She invited us to join her Friday afternoon on the Pumpkin Train - a special trip on the North Shore Scenic Railroad. The train traveled from the Depot out to Lakeside, where we stopped briefly at a "Pumpkin Patch" (i.e. an empty lot adjoining the tracks where they set out a bunch of pumpkins.) AJ, Sydney and I were all train travel rookies, so this was a pretty cool experience. On the ride there, we crammed into the upper level of one of the cars. It was the only spot I could see where all of us could sit together. Had I looked a little harder, I would have realized there were quite a few cars with open seats. Oh well. We had better seats and an awesome view of the lake on the return trip. AJ loved the whole experience, including the "wizard" (a magician) who performed on the ride back.

Sydney's favorite part, meanwhile, was the bag of Cheetos from Auntie Barbie.

Next stop - the Polar Express. We had so much fun we can't wait for another chance to ride the rails. We just need to find a weekend when Daddy doesn't have Guards, so that he can join us. Thank goodness Auntie Barbie has been working out and could carry the pumpkins for us. There's no way I could have carried Sydney and a pumpkin while hanging on to AJ's hand.