Milo really knows the right people to suck up to. One day while we were visiting Chris at work, Milo made friends with one of the big wigs named Mike. Milo happened to see a bunch of John Deere models sitting in Mike's office and wandered on in. He then told Mike all about the bulldozers shank and hydraulics, Mike was blown away that this 3 year old knew all of that stuff. He hooked Milo up that day with several tractors, and a hard hat with his name on it. Milo was delighted.
Then for Milo's 4th birthday, Mike arranged for him to go out to the John Deere training center, which Milo affectionately named John Deere Land. This little boy was in 7th heaven.
He was able to operate a mini ex, bulldozer, excavator, backhoe, grader, and a front loader. This guy Reggie took him around all day and let him just play on all of the machines. Milo was so happy, but also all business. He took the "jobs" very seriously:)
He even got to meet the CEO of John Deere, who just happened to be visiting- I'm telling you, this kid knows how to rub elbows with the right people.
They even ha a little party for Milo. He ate a big hot dog (for the first time ever). He wants one all the time now, because, "that's what real construction men eat". And they made him this cute cake, which I must say was seriously the most delicious cake that I have ever eaten. And of course they hooked him up with all the swag. He came home with 2 new models, hats, stickers... the works.
Nothing makes me happier than when my kids are happy, and this was such a cool day for him. He is getting so big! He keeps make-believing to be Reggie when he's at home. I seriously call him Reggie all day long. It will be really interesting to see if this tractor thing ever wears out, because he is addicted at this point.
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