We finally made it to the model train show at Seattle Center today. MrGrunty, could’ve stayed the night, watching the trains on the tracks. In case you’re curious, they were “N” trains, meaning, the tracks were 9mm apart…or about 1:148 scale. Meaning, tiny.
MyBetterHalf and I took turns staying with MrG whilst the other parent took the other two around other exhibits. MsSqueaky really liked the dinosaurs, they were moving around, and MsSqueaky was talking back and waving to them. (When MrG first saw the dinosaurs, he stopped in his tracks and was a bit nervous. But MsS waved him to come along and see.) When a boy a few years older than MrG went by, MrG talked with the big kid about the trains. MrG was trying to convert MrCuddles to be as interested in the trains, MrCuddles was having fun just looking down from the balcony and staring at the cute-boy in the corner-mirror.
At the end, we went to the planetarium, and watched short presentation about stars and the moon. We had to keep MrG moving along, or he would have only stared at one part for the entire time. When we were leaving, after five hours, he was protesting, “But we didn’t look at trains for a long time.”
