Train and cotton candy

I had one of the most fun days today when I went for a train ride with Isaac and Jeremiah. Of course, their mother, my dear sister came along as well. The weather was perfect and the kids behaved exceeding well.

We left the house at around 11am and went straight to Tilden Park Steam Trains, built by railroad enthusiast Erich Thomsen and it has been in operations since 1952, for a grand time of kid friendly train ride. This was Jeremiah’s first steam train ride so he had no idea how excited he will be henceforth. While riding on the steam train, he kept pointing things out to us and kept babbling to us. Isaac has not had a ride since last fall so he too was very excited about the steam train ride.

After the short 12-minute train ride, which only costs $2 per person and kids under 2 are free, we went back to our car and head straight to our next destination – the Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round. All of us went on this old fashion carousel which was built in 1911 by the Herschell-Spillman Company. This was also Jeremiah’s very first Merry-Go-Round ride so once again he kept babbling about the horse and didn’t want to get off.

After the Merry-Go-Round ride, I treated Isaac and Jeremiah cotton candy and ice cream. They had the brightest smile on their faces and behaved so well.

While waiting in line to place our order of cotton candy and ice cream with Isaac, I made a comment to the person who stood before me of how nice her Tokidoki purse was and if the purse was big enough for everyday use. She said to me, “Being a mom like yourself, I have all my kid’s crap in this bag and I am always surprised of how much stuff this bag can hold.” Wow! She thought that Isaac is my son! I had so much joy in my heart knowing that someone else actually thought that Isaac is my son. Ha! Isaac is my son then. Ha, ha, ha!

Thank the Lord for this wonderful day. I got to play with Isaac, Jeremiah and I got to spend time with my sister Ruth. Most importantly, I know that even though I don’t have a son of my own, my nephews are in a way, my sons.