Oct 17th, 2005
Ridin the rails
Colin had an action packed weekend. We took him over to Aunt Christine and Uncle Tim’s new house on Friday night, and he had a great time test driving all of his cousin Jack’s toys. The train table was particularly popular, although that might have been partially due to the fact that it was the perfect height for Colin to cruise around it - his favorite activity right now.
On Saturday we took a ride on a slightly bigger train, when we met up with the whole Chelsea crew to ride the “Southern Michigan Railroad” for their fall colors ride. Couple of hours and about five miles up and down a short piece of track a little south of Ann Arbor. It was fun, and Colin seemed to get a kick out of it, but he was quite zonked by the end of the ride. Didn’t dent his appetite when we went to dinner to celebrate Sheila’s birthday, he plowed through a couple of jars of food, a couple of rolls (it seemed like that many) and a handful of my fries. Apparently he will tolerate having his food cut up no longer - the bite size pieces of french fry I put in front of him held no interest. But as soon as I gave him a whole fry he took it apart. The kid knows what he wants.