My grandfather worked on the railways all his life
My Dad has a room in his house with a model train layout (not finished but it does run)
My brother has trains too... and even started a train club and website (mmm wonder if it's still going)
and then along came Aaron and the very first toy I bought him while he was still in PICU was .... you guessed it A TRAIN. It lay in his crib next to him and the pedetician even used to squeak it when he came to visit.
So trains are in the family. We even encouraged it more and more by buying Aaron Thomas stuff from birthdays, Christmas and potty training incentives. He now has a whole train layout in his bedroom even (check my layouts if you want more details).
Okay so now on to the point of this post... sort of! For my Dad's birthday in July we bought him a piece of software... Create your own railway. Sad to say we can't get it to work properly on his pc. So we loaded it on mine... hehehe. And on Thursday afternoon last week Aaron discovered the icon and asked what it was... well that was me finished on the pc as he played for the rest of the afternoon.
We were no sooner home from school on Friday and he was again on the pc. And then all day Saturday too (from early morning till 6pm with a short break for lunch!). I had to ban him from the pc yesterday just to give him a break!
So now we have a computer train junkie in the house and he is not even 7 yet!!! hehehe... (will be on Sunday!)
3 comments:
It seems that you and Aaron's birthdays are quite close to each other. Its so precious that Aaron enjoyed the train software, but its good that you forced a break on Sunday. Have a good week. Hugs from Desire
Computers are the way forward - the sooner he is computer literate the better for him ...
My cousin (who is now 33) spent every waking moment on his computer as a kid and he now works for Microsoft in the UK as a Programmer ... so keep him interested ... (of course, too much is not good - my cousin went bald early ... true story!!!)
Love, Tracy
Thanks for your comments girls.
Aaron has been playing on the pc since he was 4 and he is quite proficient now... just needs some boundaries set or he will be on it ALL day... takes after Mom!
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