Archive for April, 2009
Excited Boy 2
Michelle April 25th, 2009
Gavin woke up before the train got here. And, when it showed up, he was excited! The color, the sound, the people… everything. It pulled up right to where we were standing, the conductor got out and yelled ‘All Aboard’, and they kept tooting the horn. He was stoked! We climbed right up and found our seats in the air conditioned car. We were later told the history of the train car, it was the first enclosed train car with air conditioning. My favorite type of train car… the ones with A/C. They take the train down the middle of the town (Noblesville). Literally, down the middle of the main road. There were cars on both sides of us and Gavin was waving to them as if he were in a parade. They were waving back… everyone had big smiles. It was funny to me that people were taking pictures, laughing, and waving… they see this regularly in Noblesville. But, I thought, I like to watch the train and if someone is waving, so am I. I feel like there is something happy about a train.
The train ride was rather slow. It was the first ride of the season and they want to be sure they do not have any big debris on the track. Thinking about it now, I would have thought they would have made sure to check the track before the first ride… Safety First! Everything was fine. We road the train to Atlanta, Indiana. A small, cute town with a gazebo, post office, fire station, and mercantile. That was it. They had a few sandwich options to grab lunch, bake sale going on outside, and a couple of old guys strumming some tunes on guitars. We took a picture of the post office for my mom (she works for the USPS and I encourage her to collect PO pics), sat in the gazebo and ate lunch, and walked around the fire station. Then, it was time to board.
The ride there and back was about 3 hours. We must have been wearing signs on our head that said ‘Talk to us’. The volunteers huddled around us sharing train info there and back. It was very informative. Scott and the conductor had a couple of very interesting conversations. Scott knows quite a bit about trains from Don, a family member. Don let Scott play in the engine of this train when he was 5… 28 years later, Scott is playing in the engine with Gavin.
Gavin had a GREAT time and talks about his train ride a lot. We will be going again.
Click here to see more pictures of Gavin’s First Train Ride.
Excited Boy!
Michelle April 25th, 2009
We are riding a train today! Gavin has been excited for weeks. I cut out a picture of a train and put in on the calendar. So, he knew that after soccer, we were heading for the train. He passed out 30 minutes before boarding. I think he will wake up when the train gets here.
More lights…
Michelle April 21st, 2009
Gavin woke up this morning and told Scott that he needed more lights in his room… to keep the monsters away.
Reading to the Dog
Michelle April 20th, 2009
Gavin is wanting to make sure that Bingo is well educated.
Pictures are here… Reading to the Dog.
Takes After His Daddy
Michelle April 14th, 2009
Gavin and his dad spent the evening in Gavin’s playroom. They worked on his keyboard and mouse skills.
See pictures here… Takes After His Daddy.
Easter… I missed Easter pictures…
Michelle April 12th, 2009
Gavin got stuff from Aunt Donna, Grandma Sue and Papaw Bill, and Grandma and Papaw Page. He loved the jelly beans the best. No, he really LOVED the jelly beans the best. Lego cars came in a close second. Sal and Nora came over for lunch on Easter and brought an easter bread. It had eggs baked onto it. The bread was good, the honey butter was good, and the multi-colored eggs on top of the bread were weird.
Gavin got to hunt for some eggs in the front yard. He seemed to enjoy that part. Each egg had a Hot Wheels car in it and we had a track for him, also. He and Daddy had fun racing the cars down the track.
Click here for Easter Pictures 2009.
Decorating Gavin’s Room
Michelle April 10th, 2009
Scott and I painted Gavin’s room and switched him over to a big boy bed. He loves it! We found a football orange for the top and a dark blue for the bottom. It looks great!
We let him put some removable sport ’stickers’ up in his room. He thought that was pretty fun. A football field growth chart was included with the sport set. We put that up behind his door.
We bought a chair from IKEA and hung that in his room. It is more like swing, but we are careful to call it a chair. I do not want Gavin swinging from it like Tarzan.
Click here for pictures… Decorating Gavin’s Room.
Gavin comments….
Michelle April 6th, 2009
*Talking about Pappaw Bill and Grandma Sue… “They live far away? I can not get close to them?” (Aaawww… what do you say?)
*I told Gavin to go wash his hands before dinner, he ran around the corner, looked at me, and said “What are we eating for dinner, Mom?” (I told him what we were having for dinner and every ingredient in it. He listened and then went to wash his hands.)
*Scott asked him what a LionCar sounds like… RooooaaaarrBrrrrroomm (I thought he would tell him that a LionCar was silly. No, he made the noises.)
*Scott and Gavin had taken Bingo outside and I heard a banging on the front door. It was Gavin, “Mom, your flowers are blooming!” (Every day, I talk about my flowers blooming (the tulips). He must have just put the word bloom together with flower. The pansies have had flowers for weeks, but I am waiting for the tulips to bloom.)
*When he gets his diaper changed… “Mom, come look at my cute butt!” or “Mom, come look at my legs!”. (He only does this at home when we are changing him on the couch – Weird.)
Helping Daddy
Michelle April 5th, 2009
So, we bought a new chair from IKEA. We were going to buy a new cover for our old chair, but the cover was $50. A new chair was $99. We just bought a new chair and kept the old one.
See pictures here… Helping Daddy.
Cincinnati – April 2009
Michelle April 4th, 2009
We headed to Cincinnati for the day… IKEA and Jungle Jim’s were the only things on our list. It took us all day to get through both of them. If you have not been to these two places, you need to make time to do so.
IKEA is just cool! It has everything for your house. We have a PONG chair in our living room that is 10 years old and is so comfortable. The IKEA couch that we had now lives in our friends basement and is the best place for naps. The items are durable, space saving, inexpensive, and COOL!
Jungle Jim’s is the weirdest, but neatest grocery store that you have ever seen. If, you are familiar with Stew Leonard’s… it is similar. They have a huge cheese and lunchmeat section, butter section, VERY large wine and beer section, meat section (kangaroo, alligator, all pieces of a hog), crazy big produce section (I love to walk up and down these aisles), exotic produce section, fresh fish and seafood (they have a Aqua System in the building!!), ethnic sections (all kinds), hot sauce section, organic section, gluten-free section, honey section, and anything else that comes to mind.
They have a make-your-own mozzarella bar. You tell them what you want and they make it. They roll out sheets of mozzarella and fill it with whatever ingredients that you want. I love mine with sun-dried tomatoes and sweet basil. YUMMY!
Gavin thinks IKEA is the the best place to play. And, Jungle Jim’s has animated characters that sing to you.
Click here for a few pictures… Cincinnati – April 2009.
Elmo Grows Up!
Michelle April 3rd, 2009
We took Gavin to see this Sesame Street production. This is the second show that we have gone to and they are really good. The kids stay entertained through the whole show. A building full of 1-10 year olds that are mostly quiet through a performance… Amazing!
Click here to see pictures of Elmo Grows Up!
