Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Saturday Morning by the Railway Line
Things are very busy at the moment both at work and at home so Katrina and I decided we needed a few hours for Katrina to get some things done. Thus Guy and Jack got up early on Saturday morning and took the train up to Johnsonville. It was a beautiful spring morning and we sat right up the front of the train watching the line ahead as it curved around the hillside and through two tun-dels (tunnels in G-speak) We got some shopping done at Johnsonville, including the Warehouse who were having a buy 2 get 1 free special on Thomas trains. With a bit of sleight of hand Daddy got Guy to choose 3 but only leave the shop clutching 1. We caught the train back down to Awarua Street (two stops from our place) where there is a short walkway beside the railway embankment that takes you to our local playground. Here is Guy walking along the track, still clutching his new engine, and picking garse (grass). 
At the playground Guy is developing lots of confidence, climbing up the platforms by himself, and before I could get into position to catch him at the bottom of the tunnel slide, he threw himself down it headfirst. I needn't have worried as the photo (taken on his third go) shows, he has it all sorted arms, out in front, and loving it. Then we played Pooh-sticks, throwing twigs into the stream beneath the bridge, but it has been so warm and dry that they kept getting stuck in the low and sluggish stream.
So with our jobs done and still some time on our hands we went to the Villa Cafe for a date scone and coffee. Here Guy is enjoying his hot milk, 2 marshmallows and his new engine Stepney
# posted by Jack and Katrina @ 9:00 pm 
