The Line-up

I took a vacation day today so Trent and I got to spend the entire day together.  We did a lot of playing which means that we made a bazillion line-ups.  Trent loves to "line-up" his toys and then show them off.  The process is that he will be playing with something and will then arrange them very orderly in a line.  He can be quite particular that things are in a certain order and nothing gets out of line.  He will then go get an admirer by the hand and very quietly tip-toe you over to the line up.  Then he starts jumping up and down with excitement until he exclaims, "TA-DA"  It gets me every time.  I went through our pictures today to recall some of Trent's more famous line ups. 

A puzzle line-up.

TA-DA!

Aunt Sharon and Uncle Ryan got Trent play-doh for his birthday.  He wouldn't let me play with it because he needed it for his line-up.  I was impressed with his color coordination.

The train line-up is second only to the cow line-up in frequency.

A magnet line-up.

This line-up was very rare, not only because of its size but because it co-mingled so many different things: cows, blocks, magnets and tractors.  We usually don't see toy-species combined in a line-up.

Another train line-up, this time outside on the deck in the windowsill.