Choo-Choo

We did it!

We made our first train ride!

The boys were great on the trip out to Chicago

(then on to Quad Cities).

Here's our trip -

We left from the Syracuse train station on Thursday evening about 10:45pm (the train was running an hour late).

Here are the boys.... waiting.... and waiting... and waiting...

Finally we're on the train and ready for a "rocking" sleep!

Morning came early (about 6:00am or so) and then we heading down to the dining car (about 7 cars back from our train car). We sat down for a big breakfast (french toast / eggs / sausage).

The boys had fun going between train cars pushing the cool button to open the door and walking in between the cars on the moving car connectors. The boys also had fun trying to walk when the train was rocking a bit (both boys ended up in other people's laps when we swayed a bit too much - luckily they're kids and people are much more forgiving when a cute kid bumps them).

Here's the boys... just chillin'!

We made it into the Chicago Union Station by about 10:45 central time on Friday morning. Oma and Opa were there to pick us up. We made a stop at Costco and McD's for lunch and then headed out to the Quad Cities Area where Oma and Opa live (actually in LeClaire, IA). We made it there by about 3pm. We chilled for a bit and then went to the grocery store and to my FAVORITE fast-food restaurant - Chick-fil-a (YUM)! We had a great day!