Back in June someone told Rachel about this real steam train in Austin. Over Christmas, they decorate it and do their version of the Polar Express. Since Evan loves trains and he loves the Polar Express, we thought we'd do this. We were told you had to buy tickets back then. In fact, when we went to buy tickets, there were only two tickets left in the climate-controlled section of the train. Evan has been looking forward to this ever since.
When I got Evan this morning after he got up, the first thing he said was he wanted to go on the steam train. I got him dressed and Noah, Evan and I went downstairs. Evan watched Air Bud again. He seems to really enjoy that movie.
On the way to the steam train, we had to stop by my eye doctor's office. My new contacts and glasses had come in. They had a fish tank and a bowl of lollipops. Evan was really happy about that.
As soon as we pulled into the train station, Evan got so excited. I dropped Rachel off so she could get our tickets from will call and parked. Where I parked, we could see the train. Evan just couldn't contain himself. He started to kick his feet and yell that he wanted to go on the steam train. I got them out of the car and Rachel had the tickets. She handed a ticket to Evan and Evan took off running for the train. I don't know that I have ever seen him run that fast.
We boarded the train and immediately Noah got excited. He started to squeal really loudly. Everyone in our car started to laugh. Noah was jumping in Rachel's lap and then continued to squeal every so often.
Once the train started, they came by and gave everyone hot chocolate. We got one for Evan, one for Rachel, and one for me. Evan had a few sips of his and then didn't want his anymore. Rachel gave Noah a sip and he spit it out. Somehow I ended up drinking all the cups of hot chocolate.
After that, we walked one car over where the concessions were. This was a car that was not climate controlled and they had the windows open. There was a little step so the kids could stand or kneel on it and look out the windows. Both boys stared out the window for a long time. We stood Noah up so he was holding on to the window sill and looking out. He just loved it. Every time the train sounded its horn, Evan got really excited too. Then Evan noticed they were selling souvenirs so he played with the souvenir trains some.
We sat down for a bit and "Mrs. Claus" was handing out cookies. They were sugar cookies. She gave one to Evan and one to Noah. Evan ate all of his. Rachel broke pieces off of Noah's and let him have his first cookie. Noah did not let a crumb drop from his mouth. Rachel broke off a piece for me and Evan turned around (he was on my lap) and took a bite big enough to almost finish my piece. That little sneak.
We ended up looking out the window in the concession car a bit more. Shortly thereafter the train ride finished. It was 2 hours in all.
We stopped at the Texas Roadhouse for dinner on the way home. They have peanuts there and Evan enjoyed throwing shells on the floor. At one point he threw a shell so far it hit the guy sitting at the table next to us. We had to apologize.
Noah, meanwhile, did not stop eating from the time we sat down until we left. We actually had to stop him from eating. He had two jars of baby food, cheese, bread, green beans, chicken, eggs and oranges. No wonder the kid was 22 pounds at 8 months old.
We're back home and the boys are now sleeping. Both boys are quiet. They didn't nap so hopefully they'll sleep well tonight.
Until next time...
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