On Friday, Papa Bear took the day off of work and we decided that we should take the boys to see one of their favorite things...trains. Unfortunately, I didn't have the foresight to check on whether the steam trains in Tilden Park were open on weekdays...they are not. M was so excited to see the trains and was sooooooooo very sad when we arrived only to leave without getting aboard a train. We told him that they were sleeping because they have to work so hard. It was awfully sad to hear him continue asking about them the entire rest of the day...and it did get a bit annoying after a while.
Anyway, we quickly rectified the situation by taking the kids to "Little Farm" which is also located in Tilden Park. We've taken the boys before and they love it. There are cows, goats, sheep, chicken, rabbits, pigs, geese, turkeys and ducks...your basic farm animals. If one plans to come, one can bring lettuce and celery to feed the animals. Fortunately, a nice woman gave M some celery to feed a cow and he was thrilled. The boys pointed out all of the animals and told us what sounds they make and got to pet some of them. All in all, it was a successful day. (I almost forgot to mention that our picnic before hand was hummus and naan. Yep, our 1.5 and 3 year olds LOVE hummus.)
On Saturday, we borrowed a child backpack carrier from a friend, to carry B, and took the boys on their first "hike". We took them to Dry Creek which is where we used to take Scooby regularly before we had the kids. Surprisingly, M did very well. He walked about 3/4 of the way, which I estimate was about a mile. He had a blast picking flowers (weeds), finding sticks, examining insects, and looking for birds. We stopped at a point where the creek still had some water and let the boys run around throwing twigs and pebbles into the water. They also tried to pick up some of the assorted insects from the ground. They had a blast and M asked to go on another hike.
Today, we decided to take the boys back to the steam trains. P.B. told M while I was out of the room and he came running to me, full of excitement. "Come on Mommy, the trains are awake! They're not sleeping, Mommy! Come on Mommy, we go see the trains. Now!" His excited chatter continued the entire way to the trains and both boys were absolutely thrilled to ride on the scaled down, but real steam trains. Boys and their trains.
It was a fun weekend.
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