A Boy and His Trains!

There is no doubt what Mark’s favorite thing is: TRAINS!

We might be a little obsessed.

Bernie took a few pics for posterity stake. I thought I would share with you all things train.

Mark likes to line up all of his trains. Then he tells you all of their names. Yep, they all have names. This Thomas the Train Series  is incredible! Once I feel like we have them all, there is more!

We have train bedsheets, shirts, PJs,  cups, bowls, backpack,coloring books, bubbles, bath toys, train tables, videos, beach towel, and a TON of books.Oh yeah, way too many train tracks.

We have ridden on Thomas and must do it again next summer. Not to mention I would love to visit the train station again because I hear they do a neat setup at Christmas time, think real life ‘Polar Express’!

Mark loves bridges. He loves to make tracks very tall. The only issue we have with this right now is that if Maddox is awake, there is no way I can keep him out of Mark’s way for that long. Once he makes these elaborate tracks, he would love to keep them up for a day or two. Maddox is a train destroyer. SO Mark is always asking if it’s Maddox’s naptime so we can build train tracks.

 

Bernie even let Mark watch Youtube videos of other kids playing with Thomas! Its incredible how much Thomas is on Youtube! He would watch for hours if we let him!

 

One thing I do love is that Mark is not train biased. He likes real life trains as much as cartooney Thomas and Chuggington! Once he sat and watch an hour long special on KET about the real railroad system in the United States. ALL real life trains. He was glued!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The funny thing is when Mark was a baby, my mother-in-law said, “Mark has to like trains”. Only halfway joking because she had this HUGE train stash that she had collected due to my nephew’s train obsession. I thought, ‘He won’t have to  like trains, he will like alot of things!”. Well that is only partly true, not matter what I try to encourage, Mark LOVES trains!

Another thing I like about this obsession is that it’s not taking over his life.  He loves trucks, cars, balls, puzzles, coloring, Mickey Mouse, Blues Clues, his sandbox, the park, swimming, helping Daddy build stuff, cooking, etc.  Trains just seem to be 1st in his heart right now.

But I know I am not alone here. Every time I turn around I see another boy who is a huge train lover like my guy. The crowds at ‘A Day Out with Thomas’ can also speak to how crazy popular he is.

Check out pics from Halloween 2009! And to think that was just the beginning!

DISCLAIMER: We have probably bought 1/4 of our collection! The majority of his toys are hand me downs or gifts. Our generous neighbor’s little boy outgrew his train obsession and she just passed the boxes along! How amazing! So I will definitely be eying a younger little boy to pass our collection on to when my boys move on.