Trains Trains Trains and Trains

A few Saturdays ago we went to a train exhibit at the fairgrounds with my parents. When we lived in California and my dad watched Brother Bear on Fridays they would always walk down to the train station near the circle and watch the trains. Sometimes they would even go to the Amtrak station or with their Disneyland passes they would go and ride the train and monorail around the park. We had tons of Thomas books and trains and watched all of the videos.

(Even Sister Bear likes trains)

So off we went to the fairgrounds. There were all sorts of exhibitors and then there were the model train clubs that had all of the tracks set up with the miniature cities. My favorite was the Lego city and trains. There was also a Playmobil city and train too that were pretty cool.

Can't have a train city in Washington without a Starbucks.

Thanksgiving Day Speech

Brother Bear prepared a Thanksgiving Day speech that he read before linner (lunch/dinner). It went as follows:

"Fellow family members. Today we gather to give thanks for what the Lord has to offer. We celebrate what the Pilgrims and Native Americans did on the fourth Thursday of November, which was to have a feast. The feast was to show thanks to those who voyaged across the Atlantic on the Mayflower. Our feast today is to give thanks for our family and whatever else there is to be thankful for. That includes friends, family, food, toys, etc. But, what we should be most thankful for is, family! Because family is always there for you in thick and thin. So now lets eat and be thankful for what the Lord has to offer. Rubba Dub Dub, Thanks for the grub"

Snow Morning

This is what we woke up to on a Fall November morning. School was a 2 hour late start on this Monday morning. So Brother and Sister sat up in Brothers bed and looked out the window and watched it snow.

It was time to bundle up and make the short trip up the street to the bus stop.

Here they are waiting at the bus stop. I love the pumpkins in the background covered in snow.

Bye Bye Brother Bear. Have a good day at school.

Halloween

I figured since Halloween was a week ago I had better put the pictures of up the little bears.

Brother Bear was given a choice a few days before Halloween. You can (1) go to the Sounders playoff game with your dad or (2) stay home and go trick or treating. He chose option number 1. But would Sister share her candy? Yes, she would, but most of it gets sent to Papa Bears office anyways so it didn't really matter.

So that left Sister Bear aka Princess Tiana and I for trick or treating. She was quite enjoying herself. She loved going up to the door and ringing the doorbell. Always polite with her thank you before we left.

We didn't even wear a coat for trick or treating until the very end of the evening. It was a nice night. The best part was no rain, especially since the days leading up to Halloween had been very wet. A big thanks to Granny for making her great costume. We couldn't ever find a Tiana crown, so Sister said "I'll just wear my Cinderella crown."

Princess Party

On Halloween we went to a Princess Tea Party. There is a place in town that does princess birthday parties and also a princess preschool. Every once in awhile they have an open house. This open house featured princess was Snow White. Snow White read stories to the girls and then a handful of other princesses came out and all of the girls danced around and talked with the princesses. They had little mini cupcakes and cookies and juice set up for the girls. There was also an area to make a cute little mask. Some of the princesses sat with the girls and read stories. I didn't tell Sister Bear we were going to the party until right before and she was SO EXCITED. She ran all over the house saying she was going to go see Snow White.