A Day in the Life of Louie

Last night at dinner, we were talking about Emily's school taking their second field trip today to the Eagle's Nest, at the New Brighton Community Center. She missed the first trip this winter because she was home sick. We have been there several times before, for the annual Rondo ECFE Family Night Potluck. Emily and Louie love it there! It is tons of fun.
Emily was really excited to go another field trip with school this week. On Tuesday, they took the city bus down to Leitner's to get dirt and seeds to grow their flowers. Lots of fun for the kids. Louie was very sad that he wasn't going on a field trip. Until he announced his own plan for today. It went something like this:
"After the sun comes up and mommy goes to work, Youie has lunch and Emily goes to school on the school bus . . . Youie can go to the Train Store." Currently, Louie speaks about himself in the third person "Youie." And in his short little life, having no concept of time, all time is measured by how many times the sun comes up and the sun goes down between now and then . . . .
I asked him, how he was going to get to the Train Store. He told me "Youie's Daddy is going to drive him to the train store. So Youie can play, play, play." (all the while signing "play")
So, today after Emily went to school, Youie's Daddy took him to the Train Store. This is Mecca for a 2.5 year old boy that LOVES Thomas the Tank Engine and all his friends on the Island of Sodor (and he can name all of them!).