The Tonka Truck

Mommy and Daddy bought Canaan a Tonka Truck. It is really cool, because pre-walking babies can stand behind it, hold on, and walk. Then, when they get older, they can sit on it and ride. It also makes the coolest sounds. It has a blinker, a horn with four different sounds, a gear shift, and a key to start it up (the engine makes a sputtering noise when you first turn the key and you have to turn it again to make the engine rev and run). I thought it was the greatest thing and was hoping it would be a nice substitute for all of us holding Canaan's hands and walking him around the house. We brought it home, got it out, and set Canaan up behind it to walk. He did not like that idea! So, for a few days, it just sat in the living room. Canaan played with it while sitting down, especially enjoying turning it over with the wheels in the air and spinning them. (He is such a boy!) Finally, a few days later, we got it out and tried letting him walk behind it again and he loved it! He wanted to walk all over the house with it. He can't turn it on his own, so when he runs into a wall, he grunts and we run over and turn it around so he can walk across the room again! He has the biggest grin when he is walking with it. It is adorable to watch him, and Canaan thinks he is "big stuff" walking behind the Tonka Truck!