Zachary has a real fascination and love of trains. Because of this I think he is going to look forward to Christmas time as much as Matt and I. Matt got a nice train, when he was younger, and this year we decided to put it out under the Christmas tree. We had avoided this in the past because of the dogs but Matt really wanted to do it this year so I said yes. You have to let them win every once in a while. LOL. I didn’t know a kid could enjoy watching a train go around in a circle so much. The first night, after getting the tree up, Zachary sat in Matt’s lap and watched the train for around 
45 minutes. We had to tell him that the train was tired and needed to go night-night before he would let Matt turn it off.
After that he wanted to sit and watch the train at least once a night. I thought for sure we were going to have to watch him every minute around the train because he would try and pick it up while it was running. But Matt only had to tell him that first time not to touch it. When he wanted to watch it Zach would just yell, “TRAIN!,” run up to the tree, and sit down next to it in the spot that Matt and him sat that first night. He would then wait for you to turn it on for him so he could go, “choo, choo” and watch it go around.
Both of our parents had trains around their trees too and he was just as fascinated with those ones, although not as good about not touching them. But the Grandparents are really soft when it comes to Zachary and pretty much let him do what he wants.
Zachary liked the train and the Christmas lights so much that Matt and I kept them up until almost the second weekend in January. In the past they have always come down before we go back to work, after New Years, but we knew how sad he was going to be so we left them up. Zachary was so sad the day that we took the tree down and the train went away. For a few days afterward he even ran into our front room looking for his train. Luckily, Santa brought him a Thomas train for being such a good boy otherwise I would be afraid of withdrawals.
45 minutes. We had to tell him that the train was tired and needed to go night-night before he would let Matt turn it off.After that he wanted to sit and watch the train at least once a night. I thought for sure we were going to have to watch him every minute around the train because he would try and pick it up while it was running. But Matt only had to tell him that first time not to touch it. When he wanted to watch it Zach would just yell, “TRAIN!,” run up to the tree, and sit down next to it in the spot that Matt and him sat that first night. He would then wait for you to turn it on for him so he could go, “choo, choo” and watch it go around.
Both of our parents had trains around their trees too and he was just as fascinated with those ones, although not as good about not touching them. But the Grandparents are really soft when it comes to Zachary and pretty much let him do what he wants.
Zachary liked the train and the Christmas lights so much that Matt and I kept them up until almost the second weekend in January. In the past they have always come down before we go back to work, after New Years, but we knew how sad he was going to be so we left them up. Zachary was so sad the day that we took the tree down and the train went away. For a few days afterward he even ran into our front room looking for his train. Luckily, Santa brought him a Thomas train for being such a good boy otherwise I would be afraid of withdrawals.
2 comments:
od boy otherwise I would be afraid of withdrawals.
i had you as a student in 6th grade
miss u kipper
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