Josh's most favorite thing to do is play trains!
Look at that happy face!
One year ago Josh's love affair with trains began when he got his first set of trains and a small track.
Here are a couple of pictures of his first track that he built all by himself.
Josh: "Mommy, can I go to the book store to play trains?!!!!!"
Josh has asked this question on almost a daily basis for over a year.
Josh always tries to get other kids in the store to come play trains with him! He has done this since he could walk. So he has been into playing trains with friend since he was a year old. It is so cute to watch him call out to other children to come over and how he has always been so good at sharing trains(well, at the book store at least)! Here is an old picture from Barnes and Noble at the Coral Ridge Mall in Iowa where Sammy just happened to be there at the same time. They were in Heaven!
Josh called the Children's Museum in Iowa, the "Trains Children Museum." Funny how the trains were just a tiny section, but it was the highlight of the museum for him. He would play there for 2 to 3 hours straight, until John and I were so bored out of our minds, we would drag him out kicking and screaming (Not so fun. I'm glad that stage is finally ending after over a year of that tradition).
Playing trains with Grandpa Edwards
Grandma and Grandpa bought him an extension last January and this is one of the first tracks he made! I think it is amazing that a two year old can build something like this!
In Iowa the mall was two blocks away, so we were honestly there Monday through Saturday everyday, unless the weather was nice outside. We ran into Sammy many times! Josh misses Sammy so much!
Today, Josh saw me posting these pictures and he said, "I want to go back to our Old House! I don't want to live here anymore!" I want to go to the Trains Children Museum!"
This move has been so hard on Josh, we haven't lived in Iowa since May (6 months) and every day he talks about Iowa and his friends. It's amazing what a great memory he has and how he is so attached to everything in Iowa.
Josh has gotten really creative in making train tracks. I can watch him forever at home making tracks and playing make-believe with his trains. I love to watch his imagination at work. Lately, his favorite thing is to play "birthday party" with his Thomas and Friends trains.
1 comment:
That's so cute. I didn't know he loved trains that much. Those pics of Sam and him made me miss Iowa too. It was so fun to have so many little kids their age playing all the time. Hallie always talks about how she misses her friends in Iowa. How are you guys doing? Are you liking where you are now?
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