all aboard the conductor cried out.

we've been reading The Polar Express a lot. It comes with a CD you can listen to in the car (put it in for our drive yesterday to Morgan Hill) big mistake. I got to hear the story on repeat for an hour! Was once one of my favorite Christmas stories. I'm hoping by next year I'll cry good tears again from having a one year break. (cause I really do love the story.) All this to say that...setting up the train Papa got the boys last year for Christmas was really exciting for Caleb. Really exciting! He yells out "all aboard the conductor cried out" almost every time we talk about trains (cause that's what they say in the Polar Express of course) I'm glad we found a good home for it around the tree for Christmas this year. I also love how Caleb is all business with the controls for the train. He very gently works it with precision and skill. It's good we have ourselves a lil conductor to carry on the train tradition! (yes...every single Christmas my dad set up his train, I remember going with my dad to the train store so he could get supplies. He painted his trains carefully, he built the tracks from scratch. It's pretty amazing actually and his excitement over his trains spilled onto us. I'm glad he now has grandsons to share in the train excitement with! Let the train traditions begin.)