Jaxson and Thomas the Train

Dave was a little on edge this morning with a ton of school work to do and even though we were walking very softly with no TV we were still being too loud so we took a trip to Barnes and Nobles and played with the train set for over two hours. Kids came and went and Jaxson stayed content with the same two trains from start to finish. All the other kids knew each train by name and so did the parents. It happened that Jaxson had Thomas and all the other kids were pretty jealous. He shared pretty well and only put a little fuss if there were too many kids and he had to give up one of his trains so everyone could play with one. At one point there were three kids there all within 1 month of each other. Jaxson was by far the most calm of all three. One little boy, Brody, was a little grabby snatching trains from everyone, and the little girl, Myra, was VERY spirited yelling, singing, and trying to move the table and so on. Jaxson dodged all the action and continued to move his train around and around the outside track. Once he had the set all to himself he decided to try going down a different track in the middle and his little train got stuck. It was so cute watching him try to get the trains that first I had to take a picture before helping.

First trying to jump onto the table. He would jump but his little feet would barely make it off the ground. So cute.

Then he tried to climb up on the table. Makes sense but it was just a little too tall and he couldn't get there.

He was having a lot of fun and as soon as he saw me grab his coat he took off running with his two trains in hand. Boy, he is getting fast these days. Once I caught up with him he had the fit of the century and fought me so hard making nearly impossible to get his coat on. At one point he got his coat back off and decided to lay on the floor screaming trying to take off the rest of his clothes as well. That was our first big fit in a store.. needless to say I wasn't that happy about it. I guess it is to be expected with a toddler and it surely won't be my last. At least the other parents had looks of sympathy rather than annoyance. I can't say the same for the Saturday shoppers that were childless enjoying their day.