is a pretty city.

Sammy, D and I took the train up to visit my dad and family. It was yay fun.

Getting up at 6am was a bit of a stretch yo. Sam found it very weird that I woke him and Rowan up before it was even light out. "I'm not done seeing my dream!" he wailed. "it's not even a scarey one. I really want to see the rest of it." Apparently it was all about him and Rowan playing...

It's not too hard to get him on a train, though, trains have been a favorite with him since he was a wee bittie boy. I enjoyed snuggling and talking with him for hours as we gazed out the window and Daniel snoozed on the seat facing us.

My dad took us to the library in Vancouver. It's a stunning building-gigantic and built like the coliseum. You walk up the broad front steps and onto a promenade lined with coffehouses and shops to the right and the impressive glass side of the library on the left-everything is glass, so you can see right through, even under the floors! It's all warm pinkish granite tones and sweeping ceilings. Very impressive.

We took the Aquabus to Granville Island, these cute tiny ferryboats which buzz you across the inlet that seperates the city. Daniel decided he wants to be an Aquabus ferryman, they look so laidback and nimble hopping out onto the rim of the boat to guide it to the dock. I think he better keep his day job, I'm not convinced of his nimbleness after he bonebruised my hip in an attempt to carry me piggyback up a kids playground structure. Ow.

Sam got a bit frazzled on the way back-four hours on a train isn't quite so fun in the dark-but the dining car and drawing pictures with protractors helped. Finally, I'd run out of books and games, exhausted my store of trainsnacks and he was about to blow, so I turned him upside down and set him on the seat. He thought it was pretty cool to have the ceiling suddenly be the floor! Then Daniel took over, playing Sam like musical instruments. He loved that. The accordion and the tuba were my favorites.

It's nice to be home, even with a major kinesiology test on wednesday!