He wanted to be able to play trains by everyone else so we took the table off its stand and moved it out into the living room. No longer content to be confined to the table, he’s begun building tracks from one end of the living room to the other.

I wanted to get a picture of him watching tv because he was so intent but when he saw the camera, this is the look I got.

I won’t take naked shots of the boy, but I loved how focused he was on playing in the tub.

One night when Brenden was supposed to be asleep I walked by his room on my way to bed. I found him like this, with his book propped up on his knees reading.