Our Favorite Train

I don't know how many times I have posted pictures of little visits we have made to this train. The thing is, Luke LOVES it and it is a great place to take people when they visit as well as a great photo op. Well, this past weekend we went downtown for the Christmas parade and Luke knew it was very close and really wanted to go see it. (So much so that he didn't even want to watch the parade and cried and carried on until we finally went to see it.) But this time the train was different.

The light was on!

And the whistle was working! (There is always a bell that you can ring, but rarely is the whistle hooked up!) Luke was beside himself with excitement!

I love the train (not as much as Luke, of course!) and look forward to many more trips to climb in and ring the bell!

Train!

We have a little bit of a gem in our town. It is an old restored train engine. I have posted about this train before as Luke is completely obsessed with the train. We can't go downtown without Luke asking to go see it.

One night we ate dinner downtown and, as is common, Luke asked if we could go see the train. We were surprised to find that there was something new on the tracks. A caboose! YAY! There was a sign on the caboose that said that there was to be an open house the very next day for a few short hours and then it would be closed for restoration. I had plans during the time of the open house, but I encouraged Jon to at least take Luke down for a little bit to check it out. Being the great daddy that he is, he did! Apparently Luke really liked the caboose, but was ready to leave because he wasn't fond of the constant whistle that was coming from the caboose. (The kids were able to blow the train whistle.) I heard that Luke was pretty vocal about how he felt about the whistle...

I think the shows how he felt about all of the noise.

If the new caboose is restored as great as the engine was, this is going to be great! We can't wait to check it out!

Lucas & His Trains

Look at this boy...
It's pretty clear to see that he LOVES his trains!

Lucas and the Train

Luke is in love with this new train! My mom found it on MAJOR clearance after Christmas last year (which is an oxymoron because if you know anything about my mom you know that she doesn't buy anything unless it is majorly on sale!), so this is the first time we have had a chance to use it. It was a fight amongst all three kids last night as to who got to put it together, put the batteries in, use the remote control...Anyway, Luke is happy as a clam this morning to get to play with it all by himself!