Natalie is obsessed with trains. She loves playing with trains, and she most especially loves greeting me everyday at my train station. Everyday she says, "Mommy you're train is SO FAST!" as she watches it pull out of the Natick train station, heading west. She has lots of questions about the train too- such as, "Was your train loud?" and "Did you look out the window?"
So we decided to head into Boston on the 4th of July on the commuter rail. We left from West Natick- and here is a picture of Natalie as the loud honking train was approaching.
And here are my kiddos on the train. You can see Natalie is very excited. Grant would rather eat his book.
We took the train all the way in to Back Bay and walked to Copley Square. Natalie was very excited about going to the Boston Public Library... until we realized it was not only the 4th of July, but it was a Sunday so the place was closed. Queue grumpy 3-year-old. She was very upset that the library was closed. The day before, we wanted to go to the Natick library but it was closed too. So she whined, "Why do they keep closing the library???" Instead, we walked over to the fountains in Copley Square. She liked these.
Here are Todd and Natalie pointing at the fountains. Afterward, we walked over to the Prudential Building.
We wanted to go to the Summer Shack for lunch, but they didn't open until 11:30 and we had to catch and 12:50 train back home. If we were going to McDonalds or Panera, this *MIGHT* be sufficient time. Natalie is quite possibly the world's slowest eater. EVER. So we axed that idea and then tried to go to the Cheesecake Factory, which usually opens at 11. Not on the 4th of July! It opened at noon. So, it was off to the Pru Food Court. After lunch, we had a grumpy baby and a long, hot walk back to Back Bay station, but Natalie had a good time, and that is all that really matters!
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