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Yippee! I get to play with trains again!

by HML

Thing Two, intent on a section of trackThing Two has discovered the joys of playing with toy wooden railroads. It was only a matter of time before Thing Two would join in the fun, as all of his cousins on one side of the family are toy train devotees. Recently when one cousin was told he would soon be visiting his Seattle relatives, he asked: “Do they have trains?”

The entire layoutThing Two likes to play with wooden puzzles, and I think the connecting rail pieces are like a big puzzle to him. He seems to have more fun laying out the track than actually running the trains on it. He may have had a little help from Mommy with this layout. A few design suggestions here and there, perhaps.

The world from a toddler's POVWhile sitting on the floor with Thing Two, I happened to look up at the window. The view of the back yard from an adult’s height is pretty standard: fences, houses, parked cars; the usual city neighborhood stuff. But from Thing Two’s perspective, all you can see are these towering, majestic evergreens. He lives in a forest!

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3 Responses to “Yippee! I get to play with trains again!”

  1. Cailean
    September 7th, 2007 02:04
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    Ah…so up at 2am because we just spent an hour trying to identify a big spider that we caught in a glass cup. Finally saw its underside and it’s a giant house spider of course. Sigh. Well I love the picture from his view!! I have fond memories of the trees outside my old bedroom window :) Well, he looks so cute there and I am learning how much more fun trains are on hardwood floors! I have also noticed the puzzle connection to putting together tracks. I bet your boys love to play trains together!!

  2. HML
    September 7th, 2007 07:55
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    We’ve been overrun by spiders this summer, too, but most of them have stayed outdoors. (I think we cleared out their indoor Spideropolis when we remodeled the basement bedroom.) On the bright side, we haven’t seen many gnats and mosquitoes in the yard. :)

    Two of the boys’ cousins are visiting this week (ages 4 and 2) and they’ve all been playing with the trains ever since they got here. It’s been busy, but fun!

  3. catherine
    September 9th, 2007 14:03
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    i bet that it is nice to have time alone with your youngest. that is a pretty gorgeous view. glad to hear that you are doing well, and i love the autumn poem!