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the one i call tugboat sure likes trains… this makes me happy… because i like trains too… trains are cool… and furthermore, his granddad has been a train fan for a long time too…
being as he’s three and we live in a constant storm of marketing and commercialization seb not only likes “trains” in the bigger sense… he specifically likes thomas… the tank engine… you may have heard of him if you have a young child…
we own a vast array of thomas the tank engine product tie-in marketing crap products and toys… the most favourite-est and longest lasting on the interest-meter is a neato wooden set… wooden tracks in all different sizes and configurations that you can make your own layout with… sebby is mad for this stuff and i think it’s pretty great too…
so a while ago i got a smokin’ 70% off-ish deal at toys ‘r’ us on a little table that was made to build these tracks upon… it’s painted all nice and has a drawer for the extra pieces… the only issue is that it’s about 3′ x 4′ and given the sheer volume of track that we have it was woefully undersized…
enter our recently obsolete dining room table… a most lovely ikea number that has served us well for the last 5 or 6 years… unfortunately it suffered some rather mr. clean magic eraser-proof paint stains a few months back during an exciting craft session… the time had come to find a replacement and love-of-my-life karen had the epiphany that it could and should be the greatest ever toys ‘r’ us train table replacement… so now it is…
amazing what a circular saw can do for moving towards thomas nirvana… next plan is to cover the top with some felt and we should be good to go… it will be a fine addition to the play area in our soon-to-be-finished basement…
everytime a look at this thing, however, i giggle… looks like we’re ready to mack on some sushi…
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