Friday in B'ham

Friday was a busy day. Joe and the kids and Grandpa went down to the train yard in Irondale. The kids got to see some pretty big train engines. They got pretty close but not as close as they will be able to get once we go visit Grandpa at the Railroad museaum in Chatanooga, TN. They found some stakes for the train tracks while they were down there and thought they were pretty cool souveniers....



After the train outing they all ventured over to a park and played for a while...

After the park Grandma Su-su, and the rest of the gang, all met up with them at Mellow Mushroom for some lunch and yummy pizza! Mmmm... just thinking about it makes me hungry :)

After pizza we went off to Vulcan. It's the one "exciting" tourist trap that B'ham has. There is an elevator that takes you up to the statue, or you can take the stairs, and it overlooks the city of Birmingham. From the ground it doesn't look like you are going to be that high up, but when you are up there, the flooring is a metal grate so you can see all the way down to the ground. My knees were weak! The kids had fun going up and down the elevator and playing on the grounds around the statue... it was an absolutely beautiful fall day!

After a hard day running around we were going to go out and make a fire and roast s'mores. But even though it was beautiful out, it was COLD! So we opted for inside roasted marshmellows instead.... they were still good!