the trains leaving...

But really.  This was the last weekend of the year for the "little choo choo" in the park.  Parking until April I think....

and Cora FINALLY got to ride with the boys:

But poor Andy....no one would ride with him....

 Oh wait, next ride they ALL wanted to ride with Uncle Andy / Daddy...

she's almost swiss

For the longest time Cora was a  definite "mama's girl".  Who can blame her? I am, in fact, the coolest.

But daddy's been wooing her with frequent walks to look for kitties and puppies and throw rocks in the river; tearing animal pictures out of his cabelas ads for her and eating the lima beans out of her mixed veggies.

  And she has responded -- he is now the preferred facilitator of nose blowing,
  (he is confused and not altogether pleased about this side effect....)

and many other more wonderful things!

I'd say she's pretty close to being Switzerland and it's fun for all! 

Toddler Problems

Sometimes you just have one of those days...where you miss a leg hole and no one notices for a couple of hours...

and it usually ends up fine.  

#toddlerproblems