Breakfast with Thomas

Not much going on today...

Easton and Jason set up his Thomas train track in his room last night (read: away from Dalton). So Easton was up as for the day as soon as he's allowed (7:00) and was ready to play Thomas. I talked him into waiting just a little bit. He was being a dream this morning. It was lovely.

Breakfast time rolled around and Easton didn't want to leave his precious Thomas so I brought breakfast upstairs to the little table in his room. We've never done that before. It went over well.


Keeping an eye on things...




Of course Dalton came too, as long as he's confined somehow he's allowed to be by Thomas:


Even Blitz joined us for some water (Thomas shoots out real steam so there's sometimes extra water):


And Easton had to tend to train business from time to time:


He was so agreeable this morning it was great. We left Thomas for a little bit and went out to get some gifts for the birthday parties of 3 kids we're going to this weekend! (2 parties, but 3 kids). Came back and Easton did some more Thomasing as part of his quiet time. Dalton's napping and I'm actually hoping Easton will fall asleep too now. He's getting a bit whiney for my taste...I know I'll regret it at bedtime tonight but at that point I'll have backup. Right now it's just me and I can hope for the napping to save my sanity. Quiet time is supposed to be a break for all of us, but if he's up there whining about everything and calling for me every 2 minutes then it's neither quiet nor a break from each other. And I worry he'll wake Dalton sleeping next door. Okay, he's being quiet again. Fingers crossed.

Oh hey, while I'm at it, here's some pics from the other day...while I was cleaning up the kitchen the other morning the boys were playing and I came back to find Dalton wearing his jammies toga-style:

I think a certain big brother may have had something to do with that one.

And in their "rocket":


Easton likes to take this rocket to go get doughnuts or pizza or other imaginary outings. He's pretty cute, even if he is a bit of a stinker lately:


They like hiding in the rocket too:


So there are still plenty of bright spots in my days with Easton, he's still fun and a good big brother. He's just a little more challenging for the time being. I'm certain it's just a phase. Let's just hope it's a very short one.