Mr. Jackson loves trains

When I was in New York with my mom a few weeks ago, David called me and said, "I think I'm going to build a train table." We've looked at the ones that you can buy, but #1, they're insane expensive, #2, kind of small, and #3, paying to have them shipped is more than we want to dish out. So, David finally had a moment or two, and went down to Home Depot and wha-laaa, a beautiful train table. He did a fantastic job on it. The kids absolutely love it, especially Jackson. He's at the perfect age to love trains and everything Thomas the Tank Engine.

A view of the table from the top.



We all worked together as a family and painted it, the top and sides. It looks really great! Well, I figured we'd have a train party for Jackson for his 2nd birthday. Since David will not be here on Jackson's birthday on the 31st, we had his party this past week before David left. We brought the train table downstairs, cleared out the living room and let all these two year olds play on it. They had fun, except the big kids wanted to play, too, so it got a bit crowded.

I also attempted a fun cake. I tried to keep it simple, if you've seen that website about amazing cakes, these people are making train cities with cake, it's crazy. Anyway, after two frosting disasters, I ended up with a funny looking pink, yellow and blue cake, which was supposed to be Thomas red and blue, but oh well, they just ate it up anyway.

The masterpiece cake!



Jackson liked it no matter what colors it was!


I also had a pinata. It was a train shape, but was kind of hard to get smashed, so David had to step in.




Jackson opening presents. He got a battery powered Percy train, the Aquarium cars, and two cool Thomas books. I love his little face in this picture. My mom has a picture of me drawing, and I have this same look, with the concentration lips and everything!





It was a fun day, and I know he won't remember it, but we took great pictures. I can't believe he's two already.