Big Birthday Party

What a fun birthday party! It started out with presents and Thomas cake, then moved on to the piñata and decorating wooden trains. Eddie had a great time.

Party preparations.

We had a little cupcake party at LuAnne’s house earlier this week for Eddie to open some of his gifts.

Eddie’s mommy decorated his train for him.

Some of the new additions to Sodor.

“Here Eddie, drink this!”

Mouse and squirrel going for a ride.

Happy Birthday Eddie!

Eddie's mommy could not be happier for her two-year-old! Thank you, everyone, for the cards and gifts that have been coming. Eddie started his birthday celebration last night, and it will continue on Saturday. We'll post lots of video and pictures. Meanwhile, here's some video of

Eddie with his mouth full, opening his talking birthday card. I love the part about how they're going to help him blow out his candles and "get a little bit of spit on your cake!"
.... oh yeah, and then the card had to be rescued, because after we listened to it a few dozen times, Eddie decided to figure out how it works by trying to take it apart!

Happy New Year

Eddie has been wanting his own Thomas table since at least February of 2009 (that’s the first picture I can find on my phone of him playing with the trains in Barnes & Noble.) He’s so excited to finally have his own Thomas. He plays with and talks about his trains constantly. His parents have been pretty thrilled with his new toys, too, and we change the track layout for him every couple of days. We went to Toys R Us last Saturday night to get another track expansion pack, and Kyle spent two hours after we got home figuring out how to connect this lovely cloverleaf. It lasted a couple of days and then got changed again!