Following up on vintage Tonka trucks, I finally released the last hidden truck to Number Two. He got three for Christmas and the fourth, a huge fire truck, would’ve been lost in the excitement. But this weekend, as I cursed…
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Vintage Tonka Trucks
Let’s clear the air about my use of the word “vintage” before we begin. I am not curating a collection of retro toys, I’m not a compulsive hoarder with a sweat-slicked forehead making sure all my old toys are in their ORIGINAL…
FIRETRUCK!!
Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod! It’s huge! Much bigger than I thought. Bigger than the one at preschool. I think it’s bigger than a table, even. Can I open this panel? I really really really want to open it. With that handle…
Posted in Parenting, Products Tagged with: fire truck, firefighters, moustache, number two, parenting, trucks
TITAN!!!
I promised Titan and I shall deliver. Behold! Wait…this isn’t what I remember. When I saw Titan on the Border to Border Land Rover trip I remember standing at the base and the cab was almost obscured with clouds. The…
Too Big to Understand
I’ve been thinking about issues of scale recently. I am working on a 10-story office building at work and when you’ve looked at lines on paper for a long time you forget about the massive scale of the real building. …
Posted in Parenting, San Diego Tagged with: locomotive, museum, number two, parenting, scale, titan, train, trucks
Ground Bound
When you’re half the height of an adult human you live in a completely different stratum. Instead of teetering around on stilt legs you scuttle around near the ground like a millipede. Falling down is no problem—you can practically bounce…
Posted in Parenting Tagged with: activity table, cars, floor, number two, parenting, toddlers, train table, trains, trucks
