Avoiding.

I'll admit it. We have actively avoided Thomas the Train because those toys are so freaking expensive. But we couldn't avoid it forever, could we?

Some parents of my students got together and got Luke a battery-powered Thomas the Train set. It was incredibly sweet and thoughtful and completely set the Bickels up for the "Thomas Poor House."

All the money stuff aside, there really is something truly wonderful about watching a little boy with his trains. I also really have been enjoying Todd working very hard with Luke to set up complicated, multiple routes for the train tracks. It is wonderful to see them bond over the trains.



Once it is all set up he just watches the trains go around and around, trying to avoid them crashing into each other and timing the track switches.



We had put away his traditional wooden train set away because he had still been a little too young for it, but the time is upon us. The train table is ready to come into its own!