More yard work, train show, the ark

I asked Jovie if she wanted to plant some flowers. She was so excited! She said, "I need to go check the tomatoes to see if any need to be eaten."
Todd was working on yet another yard project and was shoveling dirt into the wheel barrow. Jovie said, "Is dad making a snowman out of dirt?"
Ikey concentrated his artistic talents on the garbage can while we filled it up with plants. These are...you guessed it... trains.

You can click on this picture to make it larger so you can see the crazy kids' faces.

We went with Grandma Rainey and Ross to the train show in Evanston. There's a very cool restored round house and turntable which the kids were happy to ride on. Here's a link to a video of the turntable: http://youtu.be/zZD5d5v2Tgs

And a video of the kids riding the little train: http://youtu.be/2QcVGfxfzgk

We went to the theater to see Pirates! Band of Misfits. It was surprisingly violent. Should I be surprised? It's about pirates. The kids were very well-behaved and are now really interested in ships. Ikey took Noah's Ark in the bathtub. I had never noticed a little family photo inside the ark. I asked Ikey, "Who is in that picture?" He said, "Noah and his mom."

Jovie just took off with my camera and when I retrieved it, she'd taken 17 photos like this:

Here's a link to a cute video of the kids playing together. http://youtu.be/CPM_XPAbzbg