Taking the Scenic Route

New Toy!

We aren’t able to give Zane new toys very often, so each one is an agonizing decision.  We were really wanting to get him a Brio wood train system, but the price was so far above what was reasonable for us.  Fisher price made a train set that was much more reasonable, but still pretty pricy for us.  We decided over a month ago that we wanted to get this for him since he seemed to love trains whenever we came across them in stores on display.  We still stood in the isle of wal-mart for at least half an hour discussing whether or not it was worth the money and if he would REALLY like it.  (Zane discovered some books that played music and kept him occupied….anybody reading this….DON’T GET HIM THOSE BOOKS….lol..the whole time we kept interupting ourselves with “thank goodness we don’t have any of those” with the tinny sounding music). 

We didn’t need to worry.  I don’t remember EVER seeing him so excited about a toy.  He had some of the track peices together before we could even get all the pieces out of the box.  He was literally squealing and jumping around in delight.  There are also a bunch of add-ons for this set that we can get him at Christmas and such, so that it pretty neat.

We are reserving the radio control properties of the set until a later date since it is better for him at this stage to just push the train around, so this toy really has the opportunity to grow with him.

(this is a  stock photo from Fisher Price Geo Trax Rail & Road System because I need to recharge the batteries in the camera)