Christmas Train

It is starting to look and sound a lot like Christmas at our house.

We decorated for Christmas the day after Joseph's birthday.
The kids all have ornaments of their own and love finding the right spot for them. Josh has moved his quite a few times since and has even taken one or two off the tree to show people when they stop by.

Valerie did not really understand what was happening, so she just supervised. She did act a little worried when we moved the furniture around.

I love getting out all of the decorations and remembering where we got them. Many of our ornaments have some special memory that goes with them.

Three years ago Ryan went to Home Depot to buy Christmas lights, and came home with not only lights, but a Christmas train too. Josh was just under two and Joe had just turned four. When Ryan walked in with the train you could see the excitement in both of their faces. Suddenly Josh came running forward and yelled, "That's Mine." as he pushed Joseph out of the way.

Towards the end of October, Josh announced that he no longer liked trains. He said this because Joe told him he no longer liked trains. I knew this was not true, because when we get out the Geo-Trax Josh will play all day, and he about died with excitement when we got to ride on the Polar Express.

As we started getting out the decorations I was not surprised that even before he saw the train Josh started talking about it.

"When are we going to get out the train? I get to be the one who controls the train. When are we going to set up the train?"
For a little boy who does not like trains, he has sure spent a lot of time playing with our Christmas train. The first day he barley left the tree. Now he is busy with other things, but at least once a day I hear the train turn on and find Josh sitting right next to it. I even catch Joe playing with it every now and then.

I don't know if little boys ever really stop liking trains.