The Brookston Family Blog
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Porter had another dentist appointment on Friday and they x-rayed his teeth for the first time. He seemed just a little bit frightened by the x-ray machine, but overall he did pretty well.

Porter getting his teeth cleaned, mirror in hand.

Waiting for the dentist to give him the once over. The official verdict: no cavities. Way to go Porter.

Feeling a little too smug for my own good the last couple of days, so I decided to give myself a nice dose of reality, not that these hings don’t tend to work themselves out on their own.

Technically, it’s the California State Railroad Museum, but for some reason Porter insists on caling a “Center.” He’d been watching this train video — what a surprise — that we’d picked up at the local library and it featured a trip to the museum … er, center, in Sacramento. Ever since he’s been asking to go again to visit the trains. Apparently he’d gone once before with his grandparents. When we arrived, he literally was jumping up and down and teling me how happy he was to be there.

Outside the Railroad museum.

In the driver’s seat of the big Southern Pacific steam engine.

Telling me to look down the side of the engine.

Then watched himself as he pretended we were speeding down the track.

Pulling the lever so we could go faster.

Alice joing him in the cab.

Outside by the river, something caught the kids’ attention. What could it be?

A Union Pacific train goes over a bridge.