Walking with Eli

Grandma: Hey, Eli---Let's take a walk. Where do you want to go?
Eli: Choo-Choo!
Grandma: Okey-dokey. We'll head down the street for the train tracks. Hey, Eli, isn't that the church that's going to be in the new George Clooney movie Up in the Air?

Eli: Grandma, it was so crowded a couple of weeks ago with fake snow everywhere. I tried to eat the fake snow---it was yucky!

Grandma: Hey, Eli, want to stop by this cool store?

Eli: Sure, Grandma, but let me out of this stroller so I can really explore.

Grandma: Hmmm, a 20 month old in an antique store "exploring"---maybe another time, buddy. Hey---I can see the tracks!
Eli: Grandma, go see if the choo-choo is coming.

Grandma: OK, Eli, Grandma doesn't want to disappoint you. . . Uh, I don't see anything to the east.
Grandma: Uh, I don't see anything to the west, either.
Eli: Grandma, you look so funny standing in the middle of the tracks looking both ways! Hey, take my picture, "Cheese"!
Grandma: Uh, Eli, when I take your photo half a mile away, you don't have to say "cheese." Maybe I can zoom in and crop the photo so we haven't wasted a "cheese".
Grandma: Sorry, sugar, we're going to have to head back home with no choo-choo.

Grandma: Hey, wouldn't it be cool if they made this bus turn around area into a playground for you?
Eli: What is THAT Grandma?
Grandma: That's a payphone---people used to have to put money in to use the telephone. That was back in the day before everyone had cell phones.
Eli: Grandma, you are so funny---How could you text, send photos, play music, watch movies on that---I don't even see a screen! And why does it have a silver leash?

Eli: Hey, Grandma---look at Cooper Ella---they've added outdoor seating. Let's go over there. They have lots of good things to eat and fun things for me to do.
Grandma: Sorry, buddy, we need to go home now---time for your nap.
Eli: OK, maybe next time.
Eli: (yawn) I think I can see my house. Maybe next time we can see a choo-choo.