All Aboard !!

Today we took our "Choo Choo" mad son to Sonoma Train Town. It was about a 45 minute drive from San Francisco and we arrived just in time for opening at 10am. We were glad as it was already getting warm up there and we got to board the very first steam train.

Before we boarded the train we went to take a look at the Roundhouse with the trains and cabooses that were stationed there. It was pretty cool, Tiernan loved the shiny silver engine.

Time to board the train, it wound along a track through the trees, with spectacular scenery, fountains and lakes and little miniature towns and farms etc throughout a 10 minute ride.

The train stops half way around at a "Town" that has a petting farm with sheep, goats, Llamas etc and lots of miniature houses, stores, saloons etc for the kids to explore. T had to use the Outhouse and check out the Fire House.

It was then time to wander around the rest of park and check out the rides, unfortunately Tiernan was too small to go on most of the rides, like the chairplanes and swings, but he did get to ride the carousel and his very first Big Wheel.

Then Mama just HAD to buy the cutest engineer hat and bandana for her very own little engineer.

Then we HAD to go back to the Roundhouse for one last look at that big shiny engine.

We had a great day out, and would highly recommend this to anyone with a budding train enthusiast. It was a great way to spend a warm sunny morning.

Remember this serene setting......

Now look again, but this time imagine Tiernan not on the side of the pond, but say......

IN THE MIDDLE OF IT!!!!!

Yes, my boy decided to go all Tony Soprano on me and go "swim with the fishes". He got the fright of his life, I went grey instantaneously and managed to incur the wrath and disaproving stares of all the early mall walkers.

I am now in possession of "Bad Mother of the Year" award.

I've said it before, my boy has NO fear, Zero, Zip, Nada, and sometimes, it's just not a good thing. I will now be permanently attached to his side, until my guilt subsides a little.

Russian River Get-A-Way

Two of our friends and their families hired a cabin in the Russian River this weekend, and invited us to go join them for the day. We got up bright and early Saturday morning and T and I (Tony was working).

We got up there and headed for breakfast in Guernville, and got to watch the parade afterwards, which was pretty cool, they had wild west shoot outs, cool floats and demonstrations, people throwing candy and last but not least, a water soaking display by the local fire company.

We then headed back to the cabin where the kids got into their swim suits and we let them play in the creek on the cabin property. They had lots of fun soaking each other, picking rocks etc.

Half way through the day, I started felling pretty nauseous and threw up, and shortly afterwards Tiernan had the worst explosive diarrhoea I have ever seen, so we cleaned up and headed home cutting our trip short.

We are still getting over the bug, but managed to get a few cute pictures of our half day of fun!

Peek-A-Boo

PEEK

A

BOO

Doing a little nesting.......

Family Portrait

We went to Picture People today to get some Family Photographs taken, we lucked out and got one that we liked of all three of us, and some really cute ones of Tiernan.

Butterflies

A new Farmers Market opened in our neighborhood today. At the opening ceremony, they had a release of live butterflies. Each child got a little cardboard box with a butterfly inside, once it opened, the butterflies were off, and so were the kids, chasing them and trying to touch them. I was amazed at how gentle Tiernan was with them, until another kid tried to stand on one, and then of course, monkey see, monkey do came into play. The market was full of delicious and local fresh produce, and some yummy Middle Eastern flat breads and spreads. I stocked up and will make sure that I head there every Saturday to support our local Farmers and get some goodies!