Tonka
Grandma came and packed two more of my kids to New England. Originally it was only supposed to be my oldest and second oldest sons. But, it turns out that my eldest daughter wanted to go after all.
Grandma told me that she needs to just start buying extra tickets, because somehow this always ends up happening.
So, for the next two weeks we will be a family of four, my wife, my two youngest children, and I.
#4 (youngest son) was in the tub when grandma escaped with the other two, was a little pissed when he got out and everyone was gone. He got over it though, because grandma left him a twenty to spend. So, he and I went to the K-Mart, and he bought a Tonka Grader.
I used to have Tonka Toys as a child. I loved them. I had the Backhoe, a Drop Bucket Gravel Loader, my Dump Truck, and a Cat (Bulldozer, where I come from all bulldozers used in logging are called cats.). I also had a scale model John Deere Skidder . But, back in my day John Deere made yellow skidders.
With my 'equipment' I used to go underneath one of the Cedar trees in the back yard, and go Logging just like my dad. I made roads using gravel from the neighbors driveway, cleared out a landing for the loader and trucks. I used to haul little fallen branches to the landing and load them onto my truck, where they would be taken to an imaginary mill over by the Spruce tree in the side yard. Hell, I could haul two-three log loads a day. I was a good little Logger.
I hope that my son has just as much fun playing with his Tonka Toys as I did. Then again I had an advantage over him. I used to actually get to run those types of machines in real life. My son's Dad just works on boring old rockets..............................
Grandma told me that she needs to just start buying extra tickets, because somehow this always ends up happening.
So, for the next two weeks we will be a family of four, my wife, my two youngest children, and I.
#4 (youngest son) was in the tub when grandma escaped with the other two, was a little pissed when he got out and everyone was gone. He got over it though, because grandma left him a twenty to spend. So, he and I went to the K-Mart, and he bought a Tonka Grader.
I used to have Tonka Toys as a child. I loved them. I had the Backhoe, a Drop Bucket Gravel Loader, my Dump Truck, and a Cat (Bulldozer, where I come from all bulldozers used in logging are called cats.). I also had a scale model John Deere Skidder . But, back in my day John Deere made yellow skidders.
With my 'equipment' I used to go underneath one of the Cedar trees in the back yard, and go Logging just like my dad. I made roads using gravel from the neighbors driveway, cleared out a landing for the loader and trucks. I used to haul little fallen branches to the landing and load them onto my truck, where they would be taken to an imaginary mill over by the Spruce tree in the side yard. Hell, I could haul two-three log loads a day. I was a good little Logger.
I hope that my son has just as much fun playing with his Tonka Toys as I did. Then again I had an advantage over him. I used to actually get to run those types of machines in real life. My son's Dad just works on boring old rockets..............................
posted by Tall Molly Man at 9:00 PM
4 Comments:
Jimmy is absolutely nuts about his tonka truck... I do admit we've had problems finding some of the same toys that my now 18 year old brother had as a wee one. I found a dump truck that is a good sized one but I would love to find a back hoe and such. *sigh* I was the big sister "showing him how to play in the dirt" kinda gal... :0) Its on of the joys of having a son in my book. *sigh*
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Hey, rockets are cool. We're a space family too, just not rockets.
When Al was little, all I could find were the plastic trucks, now that I have the stepkiddies, I found them the metal Tonka's, they love them and the nephews do too. It's so cool watching them play with them. I miss having someone that age around all the time, they always find new and exciting things. Al is a teenager and everything is about skateboarding, music, video games, and the most horrible thing, GIRLS!
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