Off the Yellow Brick Road and on the train

Goodbye yellow brick road; the Wizard of Oz room served us well and one day it will be resurrected again.  The Yellow brick road now has a train track that carries Thomas the Train.  Even though Little Man didn’t seem to mind the Wizard of Oz, we felt it was time for him to have a room that suited him more. Mom was a trooper as she helped pack up all of her Wizard of Oz treasures all for her little Jame Jack.   He now points and smiles at all the pictures of trains that now cover his room and he gets very excited when we hit the train horns on the soundboard I installed in his room.  We even changed the curtain hangers to Rail Road crossing signs.  The room is not finished yet but it seems more like Little Man’s room now.

Little Man’s other love is cars, including the movie Cars and my Jeep that he thinks is his play toy that I get to borrow.  Since we had a hot day, I decided it was time to switch tops on the Jeep but also thought it would be fun to have Little Man out there when I did.  He took right to the hose and started to play with the water and by the end of the wash he was completely soaked but laughing.  I think he had as much fun as we did watching him.  As Jynx gave him a bath and changed him I put his car seat in the back of the Jeep with the top off.  We left later for Grandpa Jim and Grandma Rosie’s house to help them move some furniture.  Little Man wasn’t too sure of the open Jeep at first but then he quickly got used to it.

The move went quickly and Grandpa Jim and I walked Little Man over to the train station to see a train but no luck today, we seem to be on the wrong side for the Metra trains arriving and the freight didn’t come through.  When we arrived back at the house Jynx had started transplanting a few plants and needed the watering can.  Little Man jumped right in helping carrying the watering can and wanted to water every plant in the yard including an empty pot. 

As we headed for home Little Man climbed right up the side of the jeep and into his seat.  He sat back there on the trip home looking over the new train magazines he got from Grandpa Jim.  I glanced back and Little Man fell asleep out in the open air of the Jeep probably dreaming of trains and cars.