Non-materialistic child
Michael is amazingly non-materialistic for a child his age. Last night he politely declined me buying him a Thomas the Train Engine.
I took him to Barnes & Noble last night to play with their Thomas Wooden Railway train table set. They have a kids section and a display Thomas Wooden Railway table and a bunch of the train engines. They have Chuggington Train Engines as well. We seem to spend a lot of time there. Michael could sit there all day and push the trains around. He's getting better, he interacts with other kids there and he will share when asked.
On a side note, the Barnes & Noble train table is the grossest cesspool of germs I've ever seen. I've seen toddlers to young kids picking their nose, drooling on the table, sneezing on it, eating and dropping food on it. Any parent with the slightest hint of OCD will want to wash their hands numerous times after touching that table. It makes me cringe, however, on the upside, I'm sure him playing at that table is boosting his immune system by exposing him to cold and flu germs.
Well, I was feeling down yesterday and so I figured I would buy him a Thomas Wooden Railway engine to make myself feel better. So I told Michael, "Daddy buy you train." He affirmed, repeating "Daddy buy me train," and went right back to playing with the display table. After playing for a while we were ready to go, so I went and got a new Thomas and a new Victor off the shelf and said "pick one, I will buy for you." He pointed at Thomas (not surprisingly, Thomas is the most recognizable), and went right back to playing.
He continued playing for a while, and I said "okay, time to go, I'll buy you Thomas." Michael said "No buy Thomas." This surprised me. A kid who loves trains (and has a collection of Thomas Wooden trains at home) declining getting a new addition for his collection. So I put it back, and took his hand and walked him to the restroom to wash up (MUST wash hands after playing with germ-infested table).
When we were leaving the store, I gave him one more opportunity ... "are you sure you don't want Daddy to buy you Thomas?" He just kinda shrugged and kept walking with me.
I took him to Barnes & Noble last night to play with their Thomas Wooden Railway train table set. They have a kids section and a display Thomas Wooden Railway table and a bunch of the train engines. They have Chuggington Train Engines as well. We seem to spend a lot of time there. Michael could sit there all day and push the trains around. He's getting better, he interacts with other kids there and he will share when asked.
On a side note, the Barnes & Noble train table is the grossest cesspool of germs I've ever seen. I've seen toddlers to young kids picking their nose, drooling on the table, sneezing on it, eating and dropping food on it. Any parent with the slightest hint of OCD will want to wash their hands numerous times after touching that table. It makes me cringe, however, on the upside, I'm sure him playing at that table is boosting his immune system by exposing him to cold and flu germs.
Well, I was feeling down yesterday and so I figured I would buy him a Thomas Wooden Railway engine to make myself feel better. So I told Michael, "Daddy buy you train." He affirmed, repeating "Daddy buy me train," and went right back to playing with the display table. After playing for a while we were ready to go, so I went and got a new Thomas and a new Victor off the shelf and said "pick one, I will buy for you." He pointed at Thomas (not surprisingly, Thomas is the most recognizable), and went right back to playing.
He continued playing for a while, and I said "okay, time to go, I'll buy you Thomas." Michael said "No buy Thomas." This surprised me. A kid who loves trains (and has a collection of Thomas Wooden trains at home) declining getting a new addition for his collection. So I put it back, and took his hand and walked him to the restroom to wash up (MUST wash hands after playing with germ-infested table).
When we were leaving the store, I gave him one more opportunity ... "are you sure you don't want Daddy to buy you Thomas?" He just kinda shrugged and kept walking with me.
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