Train love :)

Since Riku will be one and a half tomorrow I got him a present- an electric train set with a train and a firetruck. He was absolutely over the moon, and spent about ten minutes squeaking "Car! Car!" in excitement (all wheeled conveyances are still cars for Riku, whether it is a pushchair, a bicycle, a train or a...car).

He spent a good hour or two happily putting the trains on the tracks and taking them off again and then carrying them around the room both today and yesterday, and insisted on taking some pieces of track out with us when we went for a walk today.

He got a bit upset when I wouldn't let him take one of the trains in the bath this evening, but since they are battery operated I thought it probably wasn't the best idea!

Riku's interest extends to real trains and we spent about ten minutes standing on the bridge that goes over one of the train lines watching the trains go past- I had to drag him away in the end! His papa is a bit worried that he will turn into one of the geeks you see here standing at the end of the platform taking pictures and getting all excited when a new type of carriage is released, but I told him we probably don't have to worry about that for a while ;)