We've done this and this. And used lots of Purell.

These girls of mine just love to ride the Metro Rail, the nasty, skanky, dirty, filled with yucky people, Metro Rail. Some business people ride it also, during peak hours but for the most part during off hours from what I have seen, it is just icky folk. Lily and Rosie love it from the tops of their heads to the tips of their toes, every little aspect of it, from the ticket machines, the sliding doors the seats, the platforms all of it. Yesterday I decided to take them on it again so I armed myself with a 45, I mean a huge bottle of Purell and off we went.

We rode all the way to Government Centre and then just because I am completely insane we switched onto the Metro Mover and headed into Downtown for lunch and a walk. It was sweltering and filled with cars and people but they couldn't have cared less. Miami is no different than any other big city and offers a feast of different kinds of people for one to see. Lily is very aware of her surroundings and fired questions at me in rapid succession regarding all that she saw.

After lunch we headed back to the trains and made our way home. Once in the station the 2 little pro's led the way. They really made me laugh with their knowledge of where to go and what to do. Rosie was adamant that Lily stay far, far back from the platform. The trains were busier as we headed home so we had to share a seat and they regaled me with songs and questions. It made the time go by much faster and I didn't spend quite so much time worrying about which passenger was going to try and jump me!

View from the Metro Mover of Downtown

Lily observing everything
Looking out the window
So happy to be on the train
This afternoon SF Parenting Magasine hosted it's annual "Back to School" event. I have no clue why they call to back to school because it has nothing to do with school at all but it is always lots of fun with lots of things for the girls to do.

They made princess crowns

They got their hot, sweaty little faces painted

both girls did this but Rosie was not going to until Lily did it.

They got to ride in these really fun little paddle boats which lily declared to be lame but Rosie absolutely loved




All in all it was a fabulous afternoon. Vitamin Water was handing out free samples every where you looked which was handy as it was over 95 degrees today and the sun was blazing down. The girls didn't seem to notice but wimpy here did. Once I finally convinced them we ought to head home we had only been in the car about five minutes when we hit this............

It rained for hours and hours but we didn't mind we had fun.