I wasn't the kind of person who got all amped up to see a backhoe loader or steam locomotive until I had a boy who gets all amped up about these kinds of vehicles (he also loves to wear my bracelets and file his nails with an emory board, so don't go revoking my feminist mama membership card just yet). The change has come on with such furiousness that I looked out the car window the other day and squealed, "Look! A crane!" To this, my husband dryly said, "Ummm, yeah. Dial it down. The kid's not even in the car."
Whether my boy's on board or not, I am also pretty excited about the model railroad decorating tips Geekdad's suggesting for kid's rooms (or mommy's rooms or...wherever). The design is simple -- a shelf-like track up near the ceiling rather than taking up space on the floor or a table -- but the cool part comes in the pass-through tunnel so the train runs in and out of the closet. I got a little giddy thinking how much fun it would be to watch from a lofted bed or even bunks.
I'm pretty sure my landlord won't care if we burrow into the dry wall to build sweet tracks like these through our apartment. You know, for the boy.
