Public Transit "Experiment" Results...

I've been meaning to update with the results of our bus "experiment". It went well, but, of course, wasn't perfect. We will probably continue to use public transportation on occasion, but for the most part, it won't work for us on a regular basis.
We did have a wonderful time using the buses. We met all sorts of people, from all sorts of backgrounds. Elderly, disabled, people going to work, college students, and other families. Everyone we came across was friendly--even those that tried their best not to notice Lyddie smiling and saying "hi", finally gave in and accepted her gift. The buses were very clean, and pretty much on time.

Our local public transit won't work for us to use on a regular basis for multiple reasons. The primary reason is that it serves only the city. Aliana's piano lessons and our homeschool co-op are both outside city limits in neighboring counties. While church is on the busline, the buses don't run on Sunday, and Wednesday night church lets out too late to ride the bus back home. Piano, co-op, and church are our primary outings.

We will likely continue using the bus occasionally. During the summer, we will go to the park more frequently, and will likely utilize the bus for that. We will also ride for light shopping trips and library visits. All but 1 of our dr.s are on the bus line, so we can do those appointments also. Most surprisingly, both of the menfolk who were the MOST opposed to ever riding the bus, have both expressed interest in using it for regular transportation to work!

I think our experiment went pretty well. We learned about public transportation. We now know how to get where we need to go. Mostly, we had fun, and we enjoyed each other while learning something new.

Cover Us, We're Going In!!

Into the church nursery, that is...



After investigating last week to see how free flowing the gluten-ey cheerios were in the church nursery, speaking with the Wednesday night caretaker, and being satisfied with her response.... Lydia (11 months) will be attending the nursery for the first time tonight.

In our family, new babies are treated as part of Mom for the majority of the first year (another post for another day). As Lyddie nears her first birthday, we've decided to let her go to the nursery on Wednesday evenings-- NOT Sundays yet-- she'll still be with me then.

Now to pack her a snack for her diaper bag... I think we'll go with gluten free animal cookies and rice chex.