All Aboard

We met the Carlson crew for a ride on the real Thomas the Train at the Colorado Train Museum. Annabelle loves trains and was so excited to see Thomas. GG is much more interested in walking than riding so she got a bit antsy on the train trip. They both enjoyed seeing their friends, Jack and Ben, and exploring the museum. They got Thomas tattoos, climbed on the trains, and ate pickles!

The entire train gang - it's hard to get a shot of everyone together with 3 of the kids now on the go. Baby Ben isn't far behind!

B and the girls riding the railsGG stood most of the ride and does not believe in safety first. She was not interested in keeping her hands in the car and Annabelle let her know that was not ok. Keith and Ben
The girls were very exited to explore. They were all over the place. Now that GG is walking - we have to play man on man defense. One runs this way, the other runs the other way, but we're on them! They keep us movin' and I'm really loving this time.

It's a rough life for this girl...she wanted to be carried, but her dadda told her she was walkin' and had to just keep following the tracks. Rough, rough life. He was making "Stand By Me" references which cracked me up but unfortunately it was lost on Annabelle. Look, she wouldn't even crack a smile for his jokes.....
The museum surprised us by having quite a selection of festival food. The Carlsons shared a funnel cake and there was no question what would please the Meyer gals. PICKLES! Not even one would suffice, each of my babies got their own pickle and polished them off. It's hard to imagine being more proud...
GG seems to be more of a pickle eater, but now that she's interested of course Annabelle wants her fair share too.
Annabelle is interested in all kinds of transportation these days - she loves airplanes (well, the idea of them), cars, motorcycles, bikes, trains, and buses. Our young lady got another treat today riding the bus which also had tv's playing Thomas the train videos. What a day!
We had a quiet night at home and taught the girls the fun game of ring-around-the-rosey. They love it and erupt in belly laughter when we 'all fall down'. Annabelle requests "ashes to ashes peeeese!" and GG just grabs mine and B's hands until we find stand up and play. They can play for hours!