Excavator!

Finley's love (obsession) with trucks continues, but a new aspect of this hobby is that he's beginning to act out what the big trucks he sees out in the world are doing at home.

After wandering around at a local toy store for a while, Finley zeroed in on some small realistic yellow construction vehicles and tried to hold several of them at once. A dump truck, an excavator, a cement mixer, and a few others. He soon decided that two was enough and put back everything but the excavator and the dump truck. The door to the store was open to let in the fresh air and Finley was ready for his trucks to hit the road, yikes! I chased after him and said he couldn't take them out of the store since they weren't ours. Surprisingly, he seemed to understand and came back on his own. Double checking the price tag on the bin of trucks ($4.50), I explained that he could have one truck and put the other one back. Finley looked longingly at both of his current possessions and after another prompting from me to choose one to put back and one to keep, he handed me the dump truck and said "back." Nice! The funniest part was he then put his excavator in the air and said, "Dirt!!" So I convinced him to take his prize over to the counter to pay and then we were off into the world. I strapped him into the stroller and as soon as we were on the sidewalk, he pointed across the park at the mulch and said, "Dirt!" again. We strolled over and he got out and put his new truck to the test.

He was very focused and busy for a few minutes until it was time to go home. He held onto his truck the whole way home and little to his knowledge, I've been hiding it from him since the day we got it (Wednesday) and it will reappear on our drive down to NY this afternoon. Can you imagine what a reunion that will be?

Oh and here are two pictures of what we did before going to the toy store that afternoon:

Yes...we sat and sat and watched the parking lot behind the post office. Mail trucks rolled in, mail trucks rolled out, and one large one even paused in front of us and the driver as if we'd like him to honk his horn. YES! He honked it twice and while Finley was surprised, he gave the driver a hearty "Bye-bye!" right after.

Trucks rule :)