Thomas Costume

I'm feeling super proud of this home made Thomas costume, so I thought I'd share. I bought a $4 zip up sweatshirt and sewed on some felt shapes and #1's. The smokestack is made of felt and cotton and it made my little boy so happy he almost exploded. I'm planning on sewing some wheels on his pants and calling it good. What do you think?

Train Accessories

My kids (both the boy AND the girl) love, love, LOVE trains. They could play trains for hours almost every single day. Half of our trains are Thomas trains. They were mostly gifts. The other half are from IKEA.  When we first started investing in trains I had no idea how expensive all of the accessories were. To get the set up they have in the kids' section of Barnes and Noble, including the table, I think your looking at several hundred bucks (or more). I know you can get them on Craigslist or other similar places, but in the mean time, we found a pretty good solution: cardboard tunnels.

 

I love what cereal boxes can become!