Train...

We decorated the house for Christmas this past weekend and I wanted to share Aaron's new object of affection. Aunt Beth passed along a Christmas train that belonged to Aaron's great grandpa, Papa Coenen, before he passed away. Aaron is in LOVE with the train and talks about it constantly! If he had his way, we would run the train every minute of every day, but some boundaries have had to be set. The train is now "resting" in the closet during the day and when Daddy gets home from work, he and Aaron get to start it up! This seems to be working pretty well, aside from the fact that Aaron is still talking about the train most of the day! He's added some new words to his vocabulary with the introduction of the train and can now be heard saying "engine, coal car, caboose, and tracks"! Here are a couple of shots of the beloved train.