Daddy and Touch a Truck

So, life is a blur around here!  With me going back to work a few days a week, trying to get the house on the market, baby showers, and holiday weekends, we are NUTS. 

It was during Aunt Cedes' Pittsburgh shower, that Daddy took the kiddos down to the Strip for our annual Touch a Truck visit!  My friend, Teri, was kind enough to give us three free tickets just the day before, so it worked out perfectly!  Here is what they brought back to show me!









I'm told they had a fun time and the noise wasn't quite as bothersome to them as it was in earlier years!

Touch a Truck

Last Saturday we had our annual visit to the Pittsburgh Touch a Truck! I think this is our third year going, maybe? It's still too noisy for the kids, but they seemed to enjoy themselves anyway! Gillian in particular had a delightful time collecting accessories. I think she ended up with a crown, a tattoo, a necklace, a pin, and two bracelets. And a cookie.

Starting with a firetruck or two and a police motorcycle. And some cool shades.





It took a while for G to warm up to climbing up the big trucks, but finally she took a turn.


Oh, Daddy's favorite? This guy and his station wagon.


And then Gillian found the booths ringing the truck parking lot where she could make a crown, a necklace, a smiley cookie, and everything else her little heart desired. Fun times.

Touch a Truck!

Last weekend (the weekend before Memorial Day) we took a little trip into the city for Touch A Truck! We went last year, but forgot the camera, so obviously, it just might as well have not happened. Anyway, Touch A Truck is a fundraiser that the Junior League of Pittsburgh puts on every year; basically it's a giant parking lot filled with every type of truck, vehicle, and construction equipment you can imagine! The kids are free to climb over, in, and through most of the vehicles, and blow their horns. Makes for a rather loud event. Colin wasn't super pleased with the noise level, but he did have fun.

We have a lot more pictures of Colin than Gillian because Colin walked around with Daddy, who was holding the camera. I spent most of my time trying to keep up with Gillian. This girl. Oh, this girl. She just does not care where the rest of us are. If she sees something interesting, she's off like a rocket, on her own, no cares at all. Keeps us on our toes anyway.

The only picture we have of Gillian is this one. Hard hat and a dress. That's about right.


Colin, on the other hand, had a mini-photo-shoot!

C in a bucket truck (he really likes bucket trucks, one of his favorites to spot about town)


In the ambulance!


And his absolute favorite of the day. The big front end loader! He eyed it up when we first got there, but didn't want to drive it. When we worked our way around again, he got up his nerve and took his turn!


Look at that happy boy!


What a big digger!


We will definitely be going back to Touch A Truck for many more years! What neat event!