Hunter is going to be devastated.

For Christmas we bought Hunter a fantastic train table and wooden train set. It looks like this:

Okay, not my kid, and a few different pieces, but you get the idea.

However, with a brother who is also referred to as Captain Destructo (No, we never use his real name. Ever. That would be silly.) the train table usually looks like this:
Captain Destructo finds immense pleasure in grabbing pieces of track and dispersing them around the house, much to Hunters dismay. We tried a suggestion from a friend- gluing the entire track down. Matt spent an hour and a half setting the track and gluing each piece down to the table. The next morning Captain Destructo had pulled off the first piece in under five minutes. I thought Matt was going to cry, or pull his hair out in frustration, or give Captain Destructo to the gypsies.

Today Captain Destructo spent the day climbing onto the train table, getting right to the centre, and then playing Godzilla:
Tonight, Matt and I decided to put away the train set for a while. Probably for a few months at the least. I feel so bad for Hunter; he really loves the train set but just gets so upset when Cavan destroys it. Plus I am so tired of chasing Godzilla away from it. I thought of setting it up in the spare room downstairs, but he is still too young to go down and play by himself. We left out all of the trains so he can still drive them around on the floor and hopefully he will be content with that. At least this a toy that they will not outgrow quickly. Thankfully spring is here and we spend a lot of time outside playing now. Maybe it will just be a winter toy.