Day out with Ethan

Saturday was such an awesome day. I took Ethan to the Metra train station to watch trains, and thought we should just take a ride. So, we did. We took a short little ride to Naperville from Aurora. He was so excited and had such a blast. We ended up in Naperville with no plan. I have no experience with the train system. Since it was Saturday, the schedule wasn't as frequent. We arrived at the station at 9:23 am but the train back out wasn't until 11:28 am. What to do, what to do? We took a taxi to downtown and got to sing "taxi, taxi, riding in the back seat". We walked around downtown and visited Marbles, the Brain Store. We had brunch at Starbucks (yes, he loves it). We talked about Thomas, Olivia, Kai Lan, and the Backyardigans. We got a cab back to the train station and watched freight trains passing through. By the time we got back home, Ethan was exhausted. I enjoyed the time and the day so much. It was so random, and we had no plans, but it was such a great day.

2 Toots Train Whistle Grill

On my day off, I took Ethan to this cute little diner that has a train running throughout and delivers the food in it's cargo cars. He, of course, loved it!

Father's Day Breakfast...

Courtesy Chef Ronald McDonald

Sterioti, Maloney, Schmeiser afternoon

I have no idea why we didn't take more pics, or of anyone else... Jackson and Ethan.