Train Overload

We had the "nothing but train (thomas)" day today....as at 10am we made the walk to the train station to catch the 10:30 train to Downers Grove to go eat lunch at TwoToots. Its all of an 12 minute train ride - just enough being they got to do it there and back. We were the first in the door at TwoToots when it opened at 11...smart thing, as by 11:20, no tables left. Kids had their lunch delivered by train and of course, you can see real trains goin by outside as well.

Being we had an hour left to catch the 1:15 train back to Naperville - we made the short walk over to Prince Pond in Downers Grove (a great little piece of history - basically, in 1890, a developer dug out 1/2 of a city block and turned into a pond to better attract people to buy his houses - 100+years later - pretty valuable property). We had come close to purchasing a teardown lot about 2 blocks away from it 2 years ago - but the lot was simply too close to the train.

We caught the 1:15 back and then made the walk back home in Naperville. All in all, a very cool way to spend a day without having to ever get in a car...next up sometime, taking the train down to the Brookfiled Zoo Stop...


Every train is "thomas" to Connor...


Connor with the "real" punch ticket...



Lunch at TwoToots...



Making it to Prince Pond...

Waiting for the train to head back home...



Random pic...Connor and his official cover shot for "Young HomeBuilders Magazine"...

May 3rd

Connor, at the new house, helping...
Future Napolean Dynamite's??

Going down the "Fed Ex" slide together.

Glasses they got from a party they went to at Chuck E Cheese. We cleaned the entry porch out, so now that is their favorite place to hang.

A party at Chuck E Cheese for Connor's friend, Sujit. This is his buddy Jackson - who is quite the socialite.

Racing cars with mom.

Skee balls didnt exactly end up where they should have...

Fun at the mall on a Thursday night.

The fake Wiggles at Six Flags.

Racing with cousin Alexis.

Alexis, Cameron, Carter and Connor.

Making a fool out of yourself so your son will go on a ride at Six Flags (and yes, the ride held up to two ADULTS....and no, mohawk boy was not with us).