I was reminded this week that I hadn't yet written about Brady's fascination with trains. We both got a bad case of the stomach flu and we are not yet quite back to normal. The reason this reminded me of my lack of post is because this stomach flu created the need for a strong movie/TV day. Similarly, back about 3-4 months ago, I had a cold one day and was pretty much laid up on the couch. I was feeling so bad that Brady pretty much was relegated to watching German cartoons the whole morning. Although Brady had shown some interest in trains due to our daily public transportation use, he was only mildly interested. That is, until that sick day 3-4 months ago. Then he watched an episode of Thomas and Friends. Now he LOVES trains. About every other word he speaks has to do with trains. He loves going to the Hauptbahnhof (main train station), he loves riding on trams, he loves playing with trains...he LOVE trains. In fact, last night, Bill and I checked on him after he was asleep and he roused a bit and said, "Thomas!" really loud. (He was asleep!) It's amazing and Bill and I have learned lots about trains. It's actually been fun to take in this interest of Brady's and it also makes travel pretty easy. We can just search for trains (if we are in the car), or we can talk about the train (if we are on a train ride). And his trains are easy to take along with us for play. He now sits for about 15-20 minutes playing with his train track moving his Thomas and Toby engines back and forth along the track. And in a pinch if he's getting antsy, Mom's arm becomes an inpromptu "Mommy Tunnel" or "Mommy Mountain" for his trains. The other neat thing is that other than trains/trams being a large part of living here in Zurich, Switzerland also offers nice transporation museums. We've been to the Zurich tram museum once and I literally had to tear Brady out of there kicking & screaming while they closed. It's close by and is basically a big bay of old trams that the kids can get in and look at. They even have a huge Thomas and Friends train track set up for kids to play with. (great rainy day activity, moms!) There is also a Swiss Transportation Museum in Luzerne that we are planning to check out one day soon.
Here are some shots of Brady enjoying his new hobby
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