Last weekend we took the Surfliner to Tustin to visit Tía Lina. (Congratulations Lina on finishing your Masters degree! Woohoo!!) It's a sluggish 4 hour ride from Santa Barbara, but a great view of the surf for the first 45 minutes and no stress of traffic. I enjoyed many Sudokus, Nate got some work done on his laptop and Finn was thrilled to not be strapped in a car seat. We spent a chunk of time playing our own version of Old Maid. Finn has a fascination with trains, so we thought he would get a kick out of it. He did. The conductor even let him blow the whistle (push the button) when we left Santa Ana. It absolutely made Finn's day.
Here's us leaving Santa Barbara. Finn was glued to the window until we hit L.A. (No offense, L.A. but the train doesn't go through the prettiest side of your city of angels.)
Finn's first view of our incoming train. "Toot-toot!"
We met some really friendly strangers on the train. Finn was charming all of the middle-aged ladies. When the lady who took this picture left, he asked another elderly lady rather loudly, "Where did the old lady go?" Ouch, Finn. (When you're two and cute, you can get away with anything.)
Finnegan giving Tía Lina some frisbee-disc lessons.
A natural athlete, I must say!
Finn loves his Papa Tom.....and the swing.
We had a great visit with Granny Peg and Papa Tom. It's not easy to get Finn to look when theres an airplane in the sky, okay?
A couple of happy campers. (This is Finn with too much sugar and no nap.)
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