My husband accuses me of being more into the trains than the boys. Maybe he's right. Being any type of artist or creative person, having a child, the ultimate act of creation, surprising stunts your ability to create anything else! I'm a singer and a writer, and having all this pent up creativity has opened other interests I wouldn't have pursued. One is photography. After taking a bazillion photos of my son, and a lifetime of having taken travel photos, I decided to go whole hog and get a decent SLR. And having such willing and captive subjects, I went from 0-60 in about 4 months. Pictures that people complimented originally, make me cringe now! I eventually went pro, and now when I'm not mommying or singing, I'm taking portraits.
But I can't have a camera every second, and the 3 year old will no longer even look in my direction if he sees one, so my next creative endeavor became train tracks. My dad had said something once about mechanical engineering as a possible career for me (more based on HIS strengths and the money aspect), but it took me until now to figure out that perhaps he was onto something. Building things and having to figure out the mysteries of angles and how things to fit together is great. But somehow, I think I enjoy Thomas the Train more than I would've enjoyed a career in mechanical engineering!
Leave comments below on how and why you got into wooden trains. I'd love to hear other stories.
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