HE DID IT!

So a deal was made with James back several months ago. He has been going pee on the toilet for a while now but he was actually pretty terrified to go poops on the toilet. So the deal was that when he poops on the toilet he can take the train from the town of Orange, CA to Riverside, CA. 

He finally did it and last Saturday he and Adam took the train to Riverside and Mark and I picked them up at the station. He was thrilled. He even packed his backpack with things to take on the train like his train whistle and some snacks. It was so cute. He was so excited. He loves trains and this was about a 40 minute ride. We were so proud of him. 

Gabby drove over a little later so they would have a ride home. We had a nice afternoon and evening with them. It was a great day. Thankfully the clouds moved away and the sun came out so he could have a view along the way. They only thing he didn't get to see were the mountains full of snow. They still had clouds covering them. He also had the pleasure of two regular trains riding along side of them along the way. 

Then before they went home he took a bath in our big tub again with the jets and bubbles. This is a picture from the time before. 

WEDNESDAY HODGEPODGE #495

Thank you Joyce.

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1. We're in to a season students call 'spring break'. Did you/your family travel over spring breaks when you were growing up?  Tell us something about a 'spring break' you remember (from childhood or adulthood, either one). 

I don't remember traveling during spring break. I believe we took some trips in the summer. We would go to Union Pier Michigan where my fathers parents had a summer home. As it turns out, this was a beach town where many people who came over from Czechoslovakia, who lived in Chicago, ended up going to for a place in the summer. 

We would walk to town to with my grandmother, get ice cream cones and there was a very cool store in town which of course had candy, toys and beach toys, along with clothes. It was one of those places where there was sand on the floor and I remember the screen door making noise when it was opened. 

We would often stay with them and my parents would come up on the weekend and that's when we would go to the beach. My grandparents didn't drive. They may have driven earlier in their lives but I don't ever remember seeing them drive. 

2. Last thing you broke? Was it a big deal? 

I am not coming up with anything but I'm sure something will come to me later when I'm reading your answers. 

3. March 7th is National Cereal Day...are you a fan? What's your favorite? If not cereal what's your favorite breakfast? Your typical breakfast? 

I don't always eat breakfast but it is definitely something I want to start doing again. I have Trader Joe's O's and I usually use almond milk. Every once in awhile we will have an egg sandwich if Mark is into it. He doesn't like breakfast at all. I also like oatmeal. We actually had the egg sandwiches for dinner last night. 

4. Break ground, break of dawn, break down, break the bank, break one's stride, break the ice, break a law, break a habit, break bread...choose one of the idioms listed and tell us how it applies to your life currently. 

I'm going to go with break of dawn. I woke up at 3 am on Monday morning because of my lungs and had to do a breathing treatment. I never got back to bed after that and was actually up until 11 pm that night. 

My lungs were definitely better on Tuesday morning and praying they stay that way. It has been a rough four weeks for me. 

5. Where do you go to connect with friends and family? What do you like to do most when you're home alone? 

As you know, we only have Adam, Gabby and James here in California. So that's where we go on a Friday, Saturday or a Sunday a few weekends out of the month. My favorite thing to do, besides driving to Montana to see Amber and Dylan. We should be heading there in June when Dylan will have some time off from work to hang with us. 

6. Insert your own random thought here.