Last week 8/2 through 8/9 and this weekend were quite eventful.
Kids and I went by Amtrak to Cary and LOVED it. When the train would stop at few stations or cross the rivers and you see the water bodies as far as the eye can go without any outlines of cities nearby, the sight of my kids my lifelines absorbing the sights, playing, napping, whining and mostly enjoying the ride it made me feel all worth it. We did business class on our way to NC and big T enjoyed getting his soda and eating the leftover noodles from PF chang. It was a 7 hours journey that had a story to it – the train stopped near Charlotte or something like that, they rode the train back to Rock Mount and switched the CSX engines with another goods engine and after lot of time spent getting approvals – in all 3 hours of wait – we made it to Raleigh, Mastaan came by to pick us up.
The visit to cuz and her family was full of moments of fun for kids, and us. The snip it’s of the vacay – I can’t bottle it in few words, but I’ll try for my own chronicles. Mission impossible with kiddo’s was SO fun. Dinnu enjoyed the bike ride scene in Paris, the kids took turns interrupting during the movie for potty breaks…like really…we were at such an intense important scene and they wanted to go….lol it was funny but we took care of them.
Next day we headed to NC science museum – I was truly amazed by it – it had no bells and whistles – but every floor was full of interesting stuff to look and do. The blue whale skelton, the dog that sniffs the whale’s potty and detects where it is…lol. The 3d dino show, the lunch at afro café – kids madly swapping hats – we were there till the time they announced it was closed. Drove back home to go to pool – boy did they get the most of it.
Next day we went to USS battleship – wowee – that was huge and breathtaking to see all the warfare, big T lost his Eagles hat there. The marines how they lived in the battleship, their arrangements to eat, sleep, live, doctors, chefs, laundromats, salons, shoe shining places that was just a small gist of it, the majestic cannons the flags, the wartime paintings etc, it was amazing.
We drove to Carolina beach from there. What do you do on a sunny day at beach – you head for lunch yeah…lol…not to forget the kids have been nicely fed all morning at different pit stops. Ruhaan and lil T – we went to change at the Hampton inn express, we kinda sneaked in…maybe we shouldn’t have but there were no places to change for the girls. Finally came the beach – they geared into it without any delay – our promise to them was coming true. D and I walked on the beach, chit chatted, played with kids and drove back home. M and I talked idhar udhar ki baatein.
What I saw when we reached their home was – sheer beauty, they both worked in tandem – clearing the car, putting stuff back, turning on the laundry, kids taking showers, M going back out to pick up Pizza, kids eating pizza, watching Merlin.
Monday and Tuesday we took it easy – going to the park, Ruhaan’s soccer practice, I started to pack, taking them to pool, the incident at the pool with the swim goggles, dinner at Chilli’s, molten lava cakes, D and I – our late night walks. It was a pleasant time with them. Rohail had to be taken to the doc for his leg last day dinnu was so busy running around.
