Helena and Liam were playing with their trains today, but arguing the entire time. “That’s my train!”, “That’s my shed!”, “That’s my track”. Dalen told the kids to play together. They continued fighting.

After a few more minutes, I told them that I would put the train set away if they didn’t stop arguing. They did for about 30 seconds, then I went into the kitchen to make dinner. A couple of minutes later, Liam throws a train at Helena after getting mad at her.

So I walked into the dining room, and began to pick up the tracks while they sat there and stared. Just as I was putting the last of the stuff into a box, Liam was clutching his Henry and its tender, and he says in the sweetest voice, “Daddy, are you going to take James?” I said, “Yes, I have to.”

Liam starts bawling. I felt so bad, I really wanted to give him the train back, but knew I couldn’t.

But later, I took Liam to get measured for his tuxedo. The one he tried on didn’t fit at all, but he looked so good/funny/cute. I can’t wait to see him all dressed up. Even Helena said that he was handsome, and they played ‘Mommy and Daddy’ while I was getting measured.