Trains

So, I had this brilliant idea to get Max some thomas trains and a table from craigslist for his birthday. I even started looking a few months ago, and content that I could pretty much find one any time I wanted, I figured I'd look again. On Saturday morning, I woke up in a sweat and realized that I NEVER DID IT!!! So, onto craigslist I go, and after a whirlwind day, I ended up getting a set and a table that my Dad picked up for me (long story... I actually went down there to do it, then I didn't think I got them, then when I was almost home I DID get them...). Then, on tuesday night at Taekwondo, our friend asked if we wanted his son's hand me down Thomas stuff, hilarious, huh? So, that night, I got the stuff from Mom and Dad, and from my friend, and on Wednsday washed a HUGE assortment of wooden trains and accessories. My kitchen table was COVERED and I was really glad we washed them, they were very dirty!

After the kiddos went to bed Wednesday night, Jared and I (ok, really Jared) set to work, taking the table apart and gluing it together (he likes to do that sort of thing) to make it more stable, and by about 10:30 I needed to go to bed... at this point we hadn't even started setting up tracks. I set out the few things that HAD to be included on the table, and off to bed I went. At 4:30 I woke up, and Jared still wasn't in bed, so I went up to check on him. He was still trying to set up tracks. Yeah. It's harder than it looks, aparently. He kept complaining about the roundhouse, but I told him that was non-negotiable.

In all honesty, Jared really created an engineering marvel... as in he glued round pieces to make a two story track... amazing. There is one spiral that still needs to be glued, and one set of ends that needs to be cut off and glued, but the whole thing is pretty much ready to belong to the table permanently.

So, when Max wakes up, we take him upstairs...
I think he loves it. It's been an hour and a half, he won't come down for breakfast. He was pleased with the track and the one train that was sitting out...

but then we showed him the drawer full of trains. That's when he got really excited!
I sat there with the camera for half an hour or so, but only got a few smiles,
mostly because he was SO FOCUSED on his playing!


One way we really know it's his 2nd birthday... I'm hearing a lot of MINE!!!! even as I type this. Good thing there are two of several of the popular cars... Happy Birthday, baby!