Train Ride

We woke up bright and early, and I mean really, really early, Friday morning and headed to Cary to the train station. Nana and JP had planned a trip for the three big boys to ride the train to Greensboro. Aunt Jane and Riley even joined in on the fun and went on the trip too. We arrived at the train station at 6:45 to catch the 7:02 train.

The boys were thrilled. Sam was even easy to wake up that morning, which was a surprise. When I told him he had to wake up and get dressed to go to the train station, he popped out of bed, grinning from ear to ear.

Waiting patiently...

Their first glimpse of the train coming their way...

All Aboard!

Someone felt a little left out and kept saying "Train! Train!" He was sweet the entire ride to Greensboro. He watched Dora, ate Chick-fil-a and enjoyed the sights.

We picked everyone up from the train station and headed to the museum. We met Taylor and baby Caleb and Ally and Landry at the station to pick up the crew. Imagine Sam's excitement when he walked in to see this. Boy was he happy...

The boys pretended to be bugs...

Really, really cute bugs...

Sam and Jack ignored the ropes around the "Do Not Touch" exhibits. I turned to see Sam sitting in the middle of a huge rock, with ropes all around it and later he tried climbing into the dinosaur exhibit. Luckily, there were several "hands on" exhibits. Jack really loved the submarine...

We headed outside to check out the small zoo. Sam saw a few animals that he is really familiar with...

My monkey was mesmerized by the real monkeys...

But he kept a safe distance from the crocodiles...

The boys loved getting very close to, Jupiter, the wallaby. He hopped all around them and the boys got pretty close to touching him before he darted away...

The fab five and two extra cousins, Caleb and Riley, had a wonderful day. We headed to a park for lunch, but rain cut our time there short. We packed up and headed home. Jack was asleep within five minutes and Sam soon joined him. Both boys woke up when we pulled in the driveway and I was counting down the hours until bedtime. I knew they would still be exhausted and go to bed early, which meant I could go to bed early too. Well, Jack complied but Sam had other plans. He talked my ears off until 11:30. Really, how many times must one attempt to explain why the bear looks real but doesn't move and why the howler monkey's mama doesn't spank them for making those burping noises? Over and over and over again, I'm afraid.