Eddie part 2 and Amtrak

A couple weekends ago, Amtrak had an open house at Union station. It was really cool. They had antique parlor cars you could walk through, they had real Amtrak trains on display that you could also walk through--everything from Acela to the sleeping and dining cars (and the bellies of each) t regular passenger trains. They also had a couple engines and then a couple model train displays.
I was most impressed by the sleeping cars, as I have alwys wanted to travel that way and had always wondered what they looked like up close. I was of course ready to book our trip and with the upcoming sale on the auto-train (good for purchase only on Oct. 25, and only for travel during the month of Feb. 2009), I was all set to purchase. But in the end, we decided to wait until the kids were a smidge older. Eddie liked the model trains and I'm not sure about Den and J. Eddie and J were so sick that J fell asleep as Den carried her on his back not long after this was taken and Eddie fell asleep while I was holding him standing up talking to an Amtrak staff person.

They definitely had the A-team out that weekend, because we thoroughly enjoyed talking with all the Amtrak personel. Now to book that trip--and to get better Federal funding...
Eddie took the rest of these 3 photos. He loves this puzzle. Somehow that is not a strong enough statement. We had a playdate last week and he came running over to me, saying the little girl was doing the puzzle wrong and she wouldn't let him show her out to do it. It was pretty cute. Speaking of, he's gotten a lot better in that regard--excited to have playdates and seemed disappointed that the little girl (a friend from preschool) wouldn't be coming over this Friday. Warmed my heart.
J just cracks me up in these photos. She is quite proficient with her silverware and is learning to drink from a cup with no lid. Tonight Ed was having hot chocolate to help with his breathing and of course she wanted some too. She got about 1/2 of it in her mouth before she thought blowing bubbles would be more fun. And while Eddie carefully counted out 12 marshmellows (3 of each color--not the Wisc. marshmellows, but the loud music store marshmellows, btw), Josie took her 12, put 3 or 4 in, pulled them out to eat them and then jammed the rest in her mouth--just about all at once.