On Christmas morning, Iain awoke to find a new train set in the living room. It's small - just a figure-8 with some accessories. But it's not just a plain train set. It's a Thomas the Tank Engine train set.I have no idea why putting a face on a train and making up an island paradise where trains fall victim to all the usual human foibles delights so many children. But Iain is firmly in the Totally Obsessed camp.
The set comes, along with a bridge and a flatbed car for Thomas to pull (complete with a piece of "cargo" that fits into the flatbed), with a water tower. The water dispenser flips down and the whole thing connects via magnets to the track.
As you can see, we've positioned Sir Topham Hat (or, in Iain-speak "HAT!") at the tower so he can give Thomas orders. He likes to compliment the trains by telling them that they "have been really useful."
Iain found that his older trains (Iain-speak: "BUS!") from the IKEA set work fine with this new bunch. Also, you can set up the IKEA tracks next to the Thomas ones and have a huge train yard complete with derailments and obstacles.Below, Sir Topham Hat has keeled over in a stupor while the water tower has to compete with the Sippy Cup Tower. But Iain doesn't care, because he's busy pushing a long train across the double bridge The Dad built.
This was a huge success. Iain played with it all weekend, and this morning come to breakfast saying "Thomas? Thomas? Thomas?" Too bad The Mom already put everything away. Bad Mommie!
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