The Train Takeover

Jac loves trains. In fact he informs me throughout the day that he is not Jac, he is still Thomas the Tank Engine. When he was two, his response to almost every conversation was to start singing the Thomas roll call song. Now he simply explains to us that he is rolling, puffing, peeping around the tracks, pulling coaches, or simply being a train. Train tracks are set up throughout the house, his bed is a "shed," and everyone in the family goes by a specified Thomas character name. "No mama, you're still Henry." "No mama, that's "baby Percy." Our home is filled with Thomas merchandise. Oh, and he always wears blue. His silverware, cups, straws, and drawing utensils also have to be blue, because, "I'm still Thomas the Tank Engine." Train tracks are everywhere. Sidewalk curbs, playground borders, patterns on the floor at the airport, and sealed cracks in the driveway are all rails on which Thomas chugs.

So, I have started this blog. I want to share some of our train activities for other moms who are going through the train craze, and for moms who are going through other obsessions with their little ones....clearly you are not alone.