Donovan loves trains.
That would be the understatement of the year. I realized his passion for trains on Christmas day a year ago (2007). Donovan received a few Thomas trains in his stocking. Now they say that toddlers have a very short attenton span, but Donovan played with these trains for about 8 hours straight. It was difficult to convince him to eat, and don't even think about sleep. He just drove those trains around and around.
So I began to feed his passion for trains. First it was the little die-cast Thomas trains, which he has about 20 of, then his gramdma and grandpa got him a small battery operated Thomas and track to go with it. My goodness, he thought that was the best thing in the world. He just sat in the middle of the track pushing it around and around. More trains and more track came. This past Christmas, Dan picked out a bridge/waterfall set to go with the trains. By this time, Donovan had about half a dozen trains for this set, both Thomas and Japanese Shinkansen trains, as they both fit the same track. Donovan really loves the Japanese Shinkansens more than the Thomas trains. (He can name them all, but his favorite is the Hikari Rail Star.)
So Donovan and his trains are inseparable, but moving day arrived. There was not enough room for the trains and track in the luggage. We did bring a few minuture versions of some Japanese trains, but none of the bigger ones could come with us. Amazingly, Donovan was okay with this. We have been living out of 5 suitcases for the past 2 months and he has been exceptionally good only having a small selection of toys. Although, the past few trips to Target has revealed a longing for more trains. Everytime we pass the train ailse, Donovan says, "I will get my trains back when we move into our new house." Then he proceeds to say, "Let's go to our new house." (Unfortunate for him, he doesn't understand that buying a new home can take a bit of time. But the whole house hunting story will be an entirely different blog.)
The nice thing about the small trains we brought with us is that they can go just about anywhere we go inside my purse. They are great at keeping him entertained. So, the this past weekend, while we were at a restaurant waiting for our food to come, we got out a train. Donovan also had the kid menu and crayons in fromt of him. Dan thought it would be a good idea to draw some trains tracks on the menu with the crayons. It worked. Donovan was overjoyed to finally have tracks for his trains. He didn't even want to eat food, just play with his train.
Since then, Donovan has been asking for me to draw tracks on all of his coloring pads. This has now extended to drawing railroad and stop signs for the cars before they go over the tracks. Everyday, he asks me to draw more track and more signs for all his differnt trains. So far, we have created quite the track with paper and markers, which makes me wonder why we ever invested in any other track.
That would be the understatement of the year. I realized his passion for trains on Christmas day a year ago (2007). Donovan received a few Thomas trains in his stocking. Now they say that toddlers have a very short attenton span, but Donovan played with these trains for about 8 hours straight. It was difficult to convince him to eat, and don't even think about sleep. He just drove those trains around and around.
So I began to feed his passion for trains. First it was the little die-cast Thomas trains, which he has about 20 of, then his gramdma and grandpa got him a small battery operated Thomas and track to go with it. My goodness, he thought that was the best thing in the world. He just sat in the middle of the track pushing it around and around. More trains and more track came. This past Christmas, Dan picked out a bridge/waterfall set to go with the trains. By this time, Donovan had about half a dozen trains for this set, both Thomas and Japanese Shinkansen trains, as they both fit the same track. Donovan really loves the Japanese Shinkansens more than the Thomas trains. (He can name them all, but his favorite is the Hikari Rail Star.)
So Donovan and his trains are inseparable, but moving day arrived. There was not enough room for the trains and track in the luggage. We did bring a few minuture versions of some Japanese trains, but none of the bigger ones could come with us. Amazingly, Donovan was okay with this. We have been living out of 5 suitcases for the past 2 months and he has been exceptionally good only having a small selection of toys. Although, the past few trips to Target has revealed a longing for more trains. Everytime we pass the train ailse, Donovan says, "I will get my trains back when we move into our new house." Then he proceeds to say, "Let's go to our new house." (Unfortunate for him, he doesn't understand that buying a new home can take a bit of time. But the whole house hunting story will be an entirely different blog.)
The nice thing about the small trains we brought with us is that they can go just about anywhere we go inside my purse. They are great at keeping him entertained. So, the this past weekend, while we were at a restaurant waiting for our food to come, we got out a train. Donovan also had the kid menu and crayons in fromt of him. Dan thought it would be a good idea to draw some trains tracks on the menu with the crayons. It worked. Donovan was overjoyed to finally have tracks for his trains. He didn't even want to eat food, just play with his train.
Since then, Donovan has been asking for me to draw tracks on all of his coloring pads. This has now extended to drawing railroad and stop signs for the cars before they go over the tracks. Everyday, he asks me to draw more track and more signs for all his differnt trains. So far, we have created quite the track with paper and markers, which makes me wonder why we ever invested in any other track.
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