Trains

The boys, mostly Jackson, have been very interested in trains lately.  We had a train cross in front of us on the way to Grandma Hart's memorial mass a few weeks ago, and the boys were facinated!  We also saw one earlier this week on the way to daycare.  Now, they think we should see one everyday, like the school busses!

The boys got a wooden train track and little trains for their first birthday, and they play with it a lot.  A few weeks ago, I knew Jackson had gotten the train set out, and the boys were playing, so I didn't think much about it.  When I went and checked on them, here is what I found:

They were having fun taking the train up and down the little hill, and around all the curves they had built.  They didn't care that the track didn't connect until I showed up.  I somehow figured out a way to connect the track, without completely destroying the track they had created!  Eventually, we worked together to put the track in the figure 8 format it's intended to be in.

Last weekend, Jackson got the train track out again, and was playing away.  Here is what I found this time:

Obviously, Jackson remembered that part of the track had to go under the hill, and he got those pieces together.  He had a bit more difficulty getting the rest of the figure 8 formed.  But again, he didn't care, he was just playing away with all his match box cars and trains!



Love that he is trying to put it together more on his own all the time, and love the creativity behind it even more!  Working hard to encourage their own thoughts!