Out of Steam

Saturday we went with my parents to some sort of steam engine show where they had all kinds of tractors, old cars, old machinery, construction equipment, and steam engines. As I stood around and watched people demonstrate the construction equipment, I just kept thinking that I should be getting paid. (I worked for the Department of Transportation before becoming a Mom.) We ate some good chicken. The kids got to try their hands at some of the equipment too.


There were lots of crafts for sale as well as random stuff. Although we weren't looking to buy anything, we spotted a Power Wheels truck that was only $5. The man selling it said it didn't work, that maybe it would work with a new battery but he didn't know. We figured for $5, it really didn't matter if it worked or not.

Turns out it worked just fine. Both kids loved riding it down the hill in the yard.



Getting it to go uphill was a little harder. Luckily we had a mule around to do the job.


Really, who needs battery power when you have toddler power?



I have a feeling the kids are going to show these pictures to their kids and say things like, "You kids have it so good with your flying cars. We didn't have such fancy things when we were little. When we were kids we were so poor we couldn't even afford a battery for our Power Wheels. We had to use our legs to make it move!"