It was a beautiful day with sunshine and 70s, so we took the kiddos (mostly for Rachel) to Fremont Park here in Emporia today. The park has playground equipment, a gazebo, and the engine and caboose you see in the picture above. While we were there, we discovered two things:
1. Rachel really likes the merry-go-round (she calls it "whee-ing")
2. Mom and Dad can't stay on the merry-go-round very long any more.
Apparently sometime between 12 and 27, you lose the ability to stay on the merry-go-round for more than 30 seconds before your head starts swimming and you really feel like you're going to show everyone what you had for lunch. Rachel, on the other hand, really really really liked it.
After we were done with the merry-go-round (we being Laura and myself), I took Rachel over to look at the engine and caboose. Fremont park just happens to sit right next to the BNSF line, and as Rachel and I were making our way to the stationary "choo-train," a real one started blowing its whistle. So I took Rachel on over to the train tracks and she got to watch a real-life choo-train up close. I was worried that she might get scared since it's loud and big, but she really enjoyed watching the train go by with me. It reminded me of when I was little and my brother and I would watch the trains with Dad.
I told Rachel that maybe we could ride on a real passenger train with Grandpa sometime. Little does she know that would be as much fun for myself and Grandpa as it would be for her.
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