Friday, October 13, 2017

trains and the Wednesday drive home

Yesterday afternoon we heard the whistle and I slowed the car down, hoping we would get "caught" by the crossing barriers.  Yep!  First in line at the tracks.


worth it!


John Paul's eyes in this picture!

The train viewing began a long conversation about graffiti on train cars (is it illegal? how old are the people who do it? why? what does it spell? why do the letters look like that? what kind of paint do they use? do they paint at night? do the train people wish they wouldn't do it? .... my longest ever conversation about graffiti and you know, I just don't know a lot of the answers).

Then we finished the drive home and Wednesdays are my favorite because NO HOMEWORK!  I'm a homework wimp mom and I just wish school stayed at school and the 3 oclock bell marked the END. But oh well, we will enjoy the Wednesdays :)


My kids are fascinated by this book that Lydia checked out of the library.  It's pretty high class literature people...


While I'm sure I would never check it out, I sure am glad my girl did.  It is really funny :). This would be awesome road trip reading, each page a new "which is worse?" question.  Lots of groans and laughs and "eww gross" comments and we will read War and Peace another day.

3 comments:

Paul said...

I don't know those answers about those paintings on trains either — or how to spell graffiti — (there got close enough for spell check to do it.)
and love John Paul's intensity.
Grandaddy

Grandmama said...

Yes, love JP's expression - so intense! Trains there come by much more often than around here.

Julie Redfern said...

We get trains A LOT around here. Justin was out running when a train came up from behind him and blew it's whistle. He said his heart about stopped!! So loud. All those questions are SO very familiar regarding any topic. Glad there is google!! And that book was so funny. Thanks for sharing it with us.