Alex had a good year this Christmas. He got quite a haul. Enough that Julie and I have taken several toys and put them in closet to take out when he starts to get bored with the toys he currently has.
But one toy stands out: an RC train. It has a button that makes the train go forward, and a button that makes it spin in a circle (and a couple that make noise, but that’s just a footnote). We pulled it out of the packaging and tried to get Alex to play with it. Alex, true to form of a one year old, was preoccupied with the very first toy he’d gotten, a little school bus with a flywheel so it keeps going for a long time, and had little interest in any of the other toys around him.
After some cajoling, I managed to sit him down in my lap and get him to start playing with the remote. Alex loves buttons, and the remote had several for him to press. The train was right in front of us.
After several button presses, Alex looked up from the remote and watched the train. Everyone’s attention was solely on him at this point. You could see the wheels turning in his mind. Sure enough, he realized he was controlling the train. The smile and scream of delight that followed made the day for all of us.
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