Thursday, December 02, 2010

Train Day

Mads and I love a spontaneous adventure, so today we joined up with a couple friends and hit the tracks around San Jose for a day out on VTA Light Rail.

Morning snack while waiting for the train.
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On the train platform.
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Her "cheese" face. It's inching closer and closer to her real smile.
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On the train.
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Watching the airplanes when we got to the CDM platform and were waiting for Alia and Tanner.
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Walkin' with friends!
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Sand table at CDM.
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Painting! It's a good thing we got her an easel for Christmas, because she didn't want to leave this!
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Not too long after arriving at the museum, the 4 of us headed out on a nice walk to an early lunch. We stopped off at Specialty's for a delicious meal and my first taste of a Specialty's cookie! Ah-mazing, btw.

Tanner and Maddie decided to do a little dizzy dancing at the table.



After filling up, we took a nice stroll around Christmas in the Park and looked at all of the decorated trees.

Peek-a-boo!
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Unfortunately, it was time for Tanner's nap, so we saw them off at the train station with lots of waving.

I was about to leave when Maddie saw these skateboarders doing tricks and asked to watch for a while. We did and it was definitely entertaining! I don't think they landed a single move, but it was like a highlight reel of rough landings.

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When I was able to pry her away from the 'boarders (after, I'm sure, she stored up a few ideas for later), we walked over to the Guadalupe River Park. We saw some SJPD mounted officers who were super nice to Maddie as they trotted by.

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Pause for photos along the path.

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Kisses!

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And Eskimo Kisses!

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I was hoping to let Mads ride the carousel in the park, but it was closed. Maybe it's a seasonal thing? Good thing I didn't mention it to her earlier in the day. Instead, she had fun playing on the park equipment.

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Eventually we got back on the Light Rail and headed toward Campbell. We sat next to a young guy playing music on his phone. Madison was dancing, head-banging, and generally rocking out. It was too funny and the guy was really sweet to her. He kept saying how cool she was and how she made him want kids. :)

After a pit stop in Tiny Tots for a pee brake for Miss Madison, it was definitely nap time. She eventually fell asleep in the stroller and I found a bench in front of the Ainsley House to rest on while she snoozed.

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By the time she woke up, it was getting pretty dark, so we headed into the library to read some books while waiting for Jase to get off work.

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At 6:30, we met up with the hubs at Aqui for dinner (and a margarita swirl!) He looked through our photos from the day with her and shared his photos from his phone.

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We had such a great time and I can't wait to do it again!

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