Very cute Lee! My 2 1/2 year old gets very excited and runs around the house when I turn on the 'noisy machine', and he also loves to stand up and watch while I use it, AND make the noise when I'm not - very similar to your son. I'm not game enough to let him near it though. Unfortunately he has a bit of a sense of adventure and is not adverse to dragging chairs to wherever he wants if he decides something is out of reach (including the locked back door mind you which he can unlock if not deadlocked...eeek!). My TMX lives on the bench, so I'm not going to encourage him to get involved at this stage, as I don't want to hear that sound when I'm nowhere near the 'noisy machine'!!