Since space is a bit at a premium on our voyage, the issue of handling birthday gifts for Caedmon and Alec has taken some reconsideration. The kids have loved the books that they've received, as well as very useful things like t-shirts and shorts. Since our kids aren't too obsessed about gifts (at least yet!), this all goes very smoothly. I'm sure it would be different if they were all about 3-5 years older.
G & C got us passes to the Museum of Transportation for Caedmon's birthday, and we went there today. It's a nice little place with a collection of classic cars and trains that the kids can look at or, in the case of the trains, walk through. There's a small train that the kids can ride on, which they thought was pretty neat. They really got a kick out of some of the vintage trailers that were on display.
The weather was pretty chilly, and our timing was very good - we were there after a series of school groups were there, and had the place mostly to ourselves. As we were preparing to leave, we were chatted up by a group of telegraphers who were there for a luncheon. They spent some time showing the kids how to do their names in Morse code on their telegraph machines. One gentleman talked with us for a while - he had been a telegrapher for the rail lines for 15 years or so. It was interesting to hear his story of his time riding the rails and sending and receiving messages and how the system worked.
The rest of the day was rainy. Mika & Gena had haircuts so I stayed home and sat on the boys. And that's about all there is to that.
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