Originally Posted by smacca
DS1 (3 y/o) walked up to the child care providers at the YMCA and said, and I quote, "I'm interested in vehicles. Where are your vehicle toys?"

He can identify far more cars by sight than I can, and has now moved on to train engines.

In Oregon, where we live, we have an annual "Steam Up" event where people come from miles around to show off their tractors and many steam-powered engines. If your state has an event like this, I recommend it.

The last one we went to had some steam-powered grain grinders working. Very interesting to watch the gears, etc.

And...there's a miniature steam-engine train that you can ride.