Trains, trains, & more trains

Dear ol Keller has a small obsession with trains. A few weeks ago he was not feeling well so I made some delicious homemade chicken noodle soup. After slaving away for what felt like hours (okay not really but it sounds better doesn't it?) I put dinner on the table. Keller refused to eat any of the soup. We tried to tell him how it would make him feel sooo much better but he wouldn't hear of it. We kept threatening different things like we are going to take your Halloween costume back to the store, or no computer, or we are going to take your bike away...he would just give us the ya right look and give us the "please no mom" So I am a mean mom and took the beloved GeoTraxx away. I threatened that I was going to take them to D.I. so some other little boy that did eat his dinner could have them. Boy did the water works start when I did that. Screaming and crying he tried the soup and gagged and just about threw up. Our deal was that he had to try 7 new foods to get his trains back. To help pass the time we had to pull out the Thomas tracks. Now don't get me wrong he looooves Thomas but they are just not as indestructible as the GeoTraxx. I spent all day long running down stairs to reassemble the Thomas train set and all he does is play with it. I know it is my own fault for taking the good tracks away so stop complaining. I have to say though that Keller will now eat peaches, spaghetti, sweet and sour chicken, yogurt, oatmeal and a few things I now cant remember and he did get his tracks back after just over a week. But here are a few pictures of Keller and Dylan playing with the Thomas trains on the ping pong table town in "Kellers Basement" while the other tracks were taken away. Thanks for looking and have a great day!
P.S. The first couple of pictures are of Dylan and the worlds most patient dog. Good old Ginger. She love that mean little boy. He can pull, jump, lay on her and do what ever he wants and she just lays there. If he leaves her she will get up and follow him. So I guess she deserves everything she gets. We love her too!