William and the Train

Lyle added about 6 feet of track to our train this year (plus another car). Every time Lyle is near the train William is right there beside him. He really likes the train. Here he is being a tunnel for the train to go under.

As soon as Lyle walks in the door William says "Mama...Daddy... Choo Choo!" (Lyle is both mama and daddy).

One day I was doing dishes right after I took the kids to school and the babies were being too quiet. As I walked into the front room, William is standing by the train controls and has the train running in reverse, full blast. Some of the cars had already derailed but the engine was just pushing them along. He had flipped the switch to turn on the train and had started it up, after watching Lyle do it once!

We now unplug the train when we do not have it on. Lesson learned.