It remember that Christmas back in 2004. I can imagine myself, my leg was in a cast, laying on the ground. I can remember waiting for what seemed like an eternity for my grandma to wake up. scooting forwards as fast as I could towards the tree, my face split with an eager grin.

Underneath the blue and red wrapping paper, were Thomas the Trains. Oh those little trains came in a wide variety of colors. Along with the trains was enough track to go around the Christmas tree twice! The trains had little magnetic part on their front and back so you could attach them together effortlessly.

The image above should show what the trains looked like. This image awakens fond memories of the trains. It also brings me to realize how different toys are today. Everything, and I mean everything, is automated.

I played with those trains till I was about seven, and I never got tired of playing with them. Over the years my collection grew till a had around seventy trains and enough track to go all the way around my house (our smaller house in California not our big one in Texas!). I also got a humongous train table. But that is for a different post.