Going for a Ride

Yesterday we decided to go out and have some fun on everyone's day off. The kids have been fascinated with the light rail so we decided to ride the light rail into Downtown Phoenix to catch a movie.

After a slow start at getting everyone out the door we headed toward the nearest park and ride. We happened just have just missed the train, but it didn't take long for the next to come. You purchase your passes at these automated machines outside the platform. As I got on I wondered how they knew if you had purchased a ticket or not. We found out later, that assistant police officers randomly get on board and ask for passes. I hear there is a fine of some sort if you are on the train without a pass. But since we had ours, we were OK.

We made sure to bring a few toys and books for the kids to make sure they didn't get bored on the ride. They did really well. Owen only hit the emergency button once. We got to our destination in about 20 minutes. Minus the fact that we got off on the wrong stop and had to walk about a mile to get to the theatre all was well.

We watched Hotel for Dogs. It was surprisingly better than I thought it would be. I got teary in a couple of part. Pregnancy hormones in my guess. Owen fell asleep after eating way to much popcorn and PB&J crackers.

After the movie we walked around a bit and then decided to head back. We thought about stopping for lunch somewhere, but we were all full on popcorn. We had to eat the second bag, because we don't go to AMC so no point in saving the refills for the next movie we go to see. Right?

Owen decided to do most of his screeching on the way back. That has got to be my newest number one most annoying sounds in the world. Grunt, point, do anything but screech!

We made it home without incident and overall it was a fun experience. Maybe next time we will take the light rail into Downtown Phoenix and hit up the Science Museum or something.