Jayden and the Christmas Train

The Christmas Train
Jayden, Kallee, Alison and myself made trip this weekend to Toppenish WA, to play with trains. Not just a few trains, but many, many trains.
There were models of The Polar Express, the Hogwarts Train, and Many more. They have a set-up of an old sleeping coach and a caboose. They also allow you to ride on a train and see Santa Claus on another Train.
Here is a video of Kallee On the Christmas Train
This is a set of the Trains and Jayden watching them
We stayed there for a few hours and it was a lot of fun. Kallee did pretty well and Jayden definitely did not want to leave. It is close enough to the Tri-Cities that it makes for a very nice day drive and the kids are not totally bored in the car.
Jayden has been enjoying the season. He loves the Trains that we visit and he loved playing with the Reindeer and Beaver Bark. Grandma and Grandpa Lee joined us and we had our hands full trying to keep Jayden from disappearing into the maze of Christmas Trees. Jayden is having a hard time still with obeying rules that keep him from moving at maximum effort. I am trying to put down some simple and short rules and move up to the bigger ones. He is so excitable that he forgets sometimes where he is and what he is doing. But he is getting better about things like putting his dish away and helping to put his PJ?s and clothes on. He tries to be very helpful and is still very sweet to a pushy and overbearing little sister. He shows kindness and mercy to her, and she repays him with a sense of hero worship. They are quite a pair.
One of the great things about Jayden is definitely the way he looks at life. He is such a happy child. He wants to be happy. He wants to have an adventure every day. One of the greatest compliments was given to my wife from Kelli Templeton whose daughter Hanna works with Jayden in Sunday School. Hanna told her mother that she enjoyed Jayden so much because he is always happy and full of joy. As a parent you need to hear those types of thoughts, you need to know that your child is happy. And you need to hear it from someone like a Miss Templeton who is honest and forthright. That makes me feel good, because I want my children to see joy in life, and children that appreciate Sunday School. It was a great weekend.