Beach boats and Train Clubs

So we haven't been up to too much lately. A Couple of weeks ago we went to the beach that is close to our house. We love to go to the ocean, preferably the Hamptons, but this trip we went to the sound. If you aren't familiar with the area, it is the body of water between Connecticut and Long Island. It's not as pretty as the Hampton's but we didn't feel like fighting with Kelly Ripa or Lindsey Lohann's posse for a good spot. It was a nice hot day and Charlie had a lot of fun playing with the rocks, riding his boat and of course, getting tossed by Daddy!!

The next weekend we went to Great Grandpa's Train club. It was family day which meant it wasn't open to the public and only family members could attend and ride the trains as many times as they wanted without waiting in lines or dealing with the crowd of the public. The train club is called the Long Island Steamers, and it's this really cool bunch of guys that build trains that are like miniature models of the real deal. The best part is that they work like regular trains so you can ride them. Great Grandpa brings his train to the club and lets everyone go for a ride. It's just like the one he has that goes around is house but it seems a little bigger to accomodate more riders. Charlie, once again, had a blast!! He was very involved in checking the engines and tracks. He wore his special "Train" sweater vest that his great grandparents got him, no better time to sport it then at the train club right? Perhaps not!! After watching all the other children we realized Charlie should have been wearing engineer overalls. Oh well, next time we will have to fashionably fit in with the other train kids. He was still the most handsome little guy there, see..... This was our first of many train rides.

Here he is checking to see how the train works with Opa and Oma (German for great grandpa and great grandma). In the Driver's seat!!

Now he has to make sure there aren't any obstuctions on the tracks.

Looks good, all set to roll.

Having a laugh with Opa!

Daddy finally showed up after work.

After all the fun it was time for a cookie with Opa.

mmmmm mmmmmm

The next couple of photos are of Charlie's latest obsession of taking everything out from under his crib, he used to go in there and just take one thing, now he must have everything. He actually gets all the way under there.

Sometimes I go in his room and only see his feet coming out of there, it's too funny.

I guess he was looking for the Jack in the box, because he was done rummaging after that.

Well until next time, hopefully we will have more exciting adventures!!