Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Pap and His Trains

After a weekend (and one very long Monday) of various GI ailments The Sears Family made it to CoMo. It was a bit of a shock going from warm(er) Atlanta to Missouri, but nice to be with Mimi and Papa.

Tuesday night Ellie helped Papa get out his antique Lionel train that has a track around the Christmas tree.

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Here is Ellie watching Papa set up the transformer (I think that is what that part in his hand is called).

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Chris showing Meggie how to use the train whistle. Notice the 15 stockings hung on the chimney with care.

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Papa and Ellie putting the train cars on the track.

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Here comes the train!!

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Papa with the girls looking on.

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Meggie got much more interested in the train when she realized it had a whistle and went around the track. Blowing the whistle was her favorite part!

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Meggie and Papa watching the train.

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Me and Meggie playing with a box...fun times!

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Smile!

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Me and Ellie hamming it up. She is so excited for Christmas!

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Meggie loves to pretend that any remote control is a phone. She puts it up to her ear and start babbling. So cute!

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Close Up (care of Daddy).

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And, the evening ended with the obligatory throwing of the children. Mimi and Papa have a huge down pillow that Papa throws the kids on. They love it!

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Missouri... model train... Sears... Throw in a ping pong table and you describe most Christmases I remember. Looks like they're having fun!

Marti said...

I think the Wii has now replaced the Ping Pong table!