Sadie is back in preschool so when Grandma Hughes and Jack picked her up this afternoon, they came over to visit us. It didn't take long for them to get their "toy chest" open right after having a cookie. Jack is obsessed with putting his wheel toys in a line to form a "parade". He knows most of the letters and where they go in the puzzle, but would rather put them in his dump truck and haul them somewhere. This was a special day for him since he was designated "leader" of his "Story Time" group at our Memorial Library. Reports were that he took his leadership role seriously, and led a small group of fellow youngsters "all over the library". Some of that responsibility carried over to his activity at our house and in playing with Sadie.
He not only lines up his toys to form a parade but likes to get his head right down on the floor to see them eye-to-eye. His red Texico trucks are his favorites. He is a pretty fortunate kid to have $40 models to play with. I built a collection of model cars, trucks and tractors to have on shelves and enjoyed looking at them for a number of years. He started playing with them when he learned to walk and could take them off the lower shelves. When it came time to sort them out for our Auction, his favorites and mine, were keepers. The others were auctioned at prices somewhat lower that what I paid. That helps me justify seeing him play with my "treasures". Like many thing on the auction, I've also rationalized that I had already "capitalized" their cost in my pleasure of buying & having them, showing them to others, taking pictures of them, so they didn't owe me a cent. 
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