Trains in Baltimore

We have a new favorite museum. Or, should I say, Eleanor has a new favorite museum, that we also loved very much. The B & O Railroad Museum in Baltimore is just amazing. It has LOTS of trains, many of which are exhibited in a beautiful roundhouse. Several of the trains are open for visitors to enter, which I found to be incredible. To see the inside of those enormous engines, with their tenders, fireboxes and innumerable knobs and levers, was really impressive. Even more impressive, the thought of that giant machine roaring down the tracks at 80 miles an hour. It must have been frighteningly exciting to see. At any rate, we enjoyed our visit (thanks Aunt Jenn) and I am sure we will head back there in April when they have a train that you can take for a little ride.

Correction?

Vince thinks that maybe the other day, instead of "snowflakes", Eleanor was saying "With no flakes." Could be. I could have sworn I heard snowflakes though. Either way, still pretty cute.

Eight Months

For some reason, when a baby is eight months, it seems like some sort of significant threshold to me. Maybe because it is (at least for my early arrivals) the amount of time they were inside me during pregnancy. Perhaps it is because they start reaching some really significant developmental milestones. Or, it could be, that I just have a lot of friends with really little babies right now and seeing them makes me think that my babes are huge. For whatever reason, Henry is really living up to his "big man" nickname. Just for fun, here are pictures of Eleanor and Henry both at about eight months.

Quote of the Day

I have about twenty posts in the works, which I do hope to get up eventually. For now, a funny thing that happened this morning:

Eleanor: I want raisin bran with no milk.
Me: Ok, raisin bran with no milk.
Eleanor: I want just raisins. And snowflakes.

And also, she is starting to get the concept of time. She knows (approximately) what "earlier" means. She also understands that "an hour" is longer than "a minute", and therefore asks for "just one more hour" before coming out of her bath.

Quote of the Day

I've decided, as you may have noticed, to put up some of the hilarious and/or insightful things that Eleanor says.

From this mornings quote, you may be able to deduce that we are working on potty training. If this is too much information for you, stop reading now. Lots of talk about poo poo and pee pee. And, long hours of running to the bathroom, getting the potty all ready, and sitting there, waiting. While she has had some success, she definitely isn't ready to give up her diapers yet.

Anyway, this morning she was playing with this new little bus and people that she got a couple of days ago (thanks Caryn!). All of a sudden, with great gusto, she said, "Wow! There is a lot of poo poo right there. [Pointing toward the rear of the bus.] Lets clean it up. Clean. Clean. Clean. Clean. All done!"



Maybe it doesn't sound as funny typed out, but it gave me a good laugh this morning.