trumptrain posted:A knock came to my door yesterday at noon. It was the little boy next door whose was turning 11 yesterday. He was having an outdoor party later that afternoon and wanted to know if he could bring his friends over to see my trains. My heart sunk, for I was getting ready to leave for a business meeting which was going until 7 p.m. I told him I was so very sorry and that I would get back home until 7:15. He said that his party would be long over by then.
At 7:15, as I pulled into my driveway, kids on bicycles rode up alongside my car as others ran alongside. It turns out that they waited for me to come home so they could all see the trains. I opened the back door to my house, welcomed the kids in, and the birthday boy led his friends directly to my train room. The kids, boys and girls ranging from 18 mos. - 12 years old , eyes as big a saucers, were so totally captivated by the trains. They stayed for about an hour and would have stayed longer but their parents came to round them up to go home.
You can't tell me that todays kids don't love trains...... because they do!! All of them wanted to come back again and everyone enthusiastically thanked me for showing them the trains. I was deeply touched.
Lucky you. Kids in our neighborhood don't give a hoot about the layout. They are all wrapped up in their iPad Stupid Clown games.