Big trains

My dad was oh-so-kind while we were in California and got out his big old Lionel train set from when he was a kid for Rand to play with. Rand was in heaven! He preferred pushing it by himself instead of using the controls to run it. The first few days were exasperating because the wheels constantly fell off of the tracks -- all would be quiet, then you would hear a scream of frustration, followed by Rand coming in and saying, "Can you come fix my train?" You'd fix it, then have a few minutes of quiet before it happened all over again.


But by the end of our visit, Rand had the whole thing figured out and could successfully push a huuuuge train all around the track. If a wheel fell off, he could fix it by himself. He had so much fun and was sad to leave it behind.