SML and I met my sister's family and my mother at the City Library this afternoon.  They had taken the new Frontrunner train into the city and then transferred onto Trax to get the library.  I felt surprised by this because I cannot imagine taking public transportation with children, or to get right to the point, I cannot imagine my mother using public transportation.  I'm reminded of my mother's train ride into Holland back in 2001, and although I was not there, I heard about the standing and exclaiming that the German's had an awful, awful way of doing things.

 I took this picture of my sister's daughter Paige in the children's section of the library, after I had tailgated her wandering aimlessly through the book aisles.  When she finally stopped so I could take a picture, she gave me this look, like I might be the most annoying person in the world.

My oldest sister and her family also met us at the library, and we walked north to to have lunch at my favorite bakery.  It's scary to think that this may be one of the last times we're together before SML and I leave to Boston.  When we return my nieces and nephews will have learned to say phrases like, "STAY AWAY WIERDO!" and I will have lost any chance I had at getting these kids accustomed to my strange quirks.

When we were at The Bakery, Tessa had me take her picture a dozen times but would never smile.  I showed her how to smile by pulling my cheeks with my fingers.   Unfortunately, when I did this I just opened my mouth the way I do in all of my photos, like I'm always surprised that I'm taking a picture of myself.  And so now we have that "surprised look" in common.

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