Holiday Trains!

We went to the Cincinnati Museum Center Sunday to see the holiday train display. Charlie thought that we were visiting Heaven. The boy loves trains. He eats, sleeps and lives for trains. Most people talk in their sleep. Charlie makes train noises. 

When he eats, there is a train on the table. When he sleeps, there is a train tucked in his arm. When he is awake, there is a train in his hand. I like trains too, but my child is obsessed.

We had so much fun seeing the awe on his face. We made our way through the display. Very slowly, of course. A random "choo choo" here and a "chugga chugga" there. Here a train, there a train, everywhere a "click-clack-clang". Charlie is a walking sound machine.

We reached the end of the display and, but to my wandering eyes did appear? A jolly old man and two fake reindeer. Charlie stopped in his tracks and let out a "Ho ho ho". It was the big man himself. This was not your typical mall elf posing as Santa. This was the real Santa himself.

Charlie spent a minute admiring from a distance, but soon approached Santa for a quick picture. Santa said that he had to go feed the reindeer, but he would be back in 15 minutes. He must not have realized how close he was to Kentucky or he would not have left his deer unattended at this time of year.

I took Charlie to play with some trains while Jamie jumped in the line for pictures with Santa. A few minutes later Santa returned and Jamie was the first in line. Charlie went right to Santa's lap. I guess that he had been thinking about what he wanted for Christmas because Santa said "He keeps telling me choo choo." The boy knows what he wants.