Jack’s List

A few days before Emmett’s birthday, Jack and Tom talked about what Jack might get Emmett for his birthday. They talked about how when giving a gift you really needed to think about what the recipient of the gift would want, instead of just getting the person something you would want.

Later that day, Jack took Tom into his room to show him the list that he had made for Emmett’s birthday gift. He had his list carefully hidden in his room so that Emmett wouldn’t find it. And this is what he had written:

It reads express train. 

Now I was impressed that he had tried to sound out this word all by himself and that the first part was pretty close, but I was even more impressed by the gift idea. You see, every time that we had ventured through the toy aisles at Target, Emmett had always stopped to play with the Cars 2 Spy Train. And Jack had remembered that.

Melting. Heart.

We got that train for Emmett and Jack experienced the joy of giving a gift that the recipient really wanted. And he was totally content. That is, until he wanted to play with it!