As I mentioned in my Christmas post, Connor received his first Geotrax train set for his 1st birthday that included a remote control train, bridge, and a couple of location stops. We waited until he was a little older before we set it up to ensure that he could play with it and had an interest. I can't remember the first time we set it up, but I believe the interest quickly took off. Since then, we had added more track to allow for more track layouts.
A few months ago, as a reward for changing schools, Connor got to pick out a new set. He picked out the new GeoAir High-Flyin Airport which includes a remote control airplane. Very cool! All the boys could talk about for months were sets they wanted to add to their Geotrax set. They had seen some of them at the store and the others they saw in the brochure that came with the Airport (Quote from Connor "You have to buy these separately"). I immediately told them they would have to put them on their Christmas list which they did and the family delivered on those wishes.
In preparation for Geotrax expansion, we moved the train set to the upstairs bonus/playroom. For Christmas,they received the Geotrax Grand Central Station, Mountain Blast Construction Site, and Helicopter (see funny story about the helicopter below). They then used Toys R Us gift certificates to buy the Fly-by-Bridge (which is the item that allows the GeoAir Airport and Geotrax Train sets to be connected) and the Blue Flash Stunt Plane.
Below is the current layout with all the pieces tied together - the trains can go from downtown, through the country, past the bridge and airport, down to the mountain quarry and return in one trip! The boys love it!
Helicopter Story: So, Brady has been talking about wanting the helicopter for months and more recently kept reminding us that he asked Santa for it. My mom mentioned that she did get it...whew, someone got it for him. So, after they opened the Grand Central Station, he asked about the helicopter. He did the same thing again after opening presents on Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning, they received Toys R Us gift cards from a friend and I explained that they could use those to purchase an item that they didn't receive. Brady quickly said "I'm getting my helicopter with this". Poor little guy had to wait until the last Christmas celebration to receive the helicopter.
We get to my mom's and she says that she believes she put Connor's name on the helicopter, so we quickly prepared Connor by telling him that Gma accidentally put his name on one of the gifts that is really for Brady. Thank goodness Connor understood and played along - he opened up the helicopter and immediately recognized that it belonged to Brady. Thank you mom and thank you Connor - Brady has his helicopter!
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