Thomas

Talan totally loves Thomas. I mean totally. He loves his train table, he loves to get out pieces of track and make another one of his own on the floor, coffee table, kitchen table.... He loves watching Thomas on DVDs... But the funniest thing is how he is obsessed with actual trains. We live very close to a train track, and you can see it clearly from our house from the play room. So anytime he hears a train, he drops what he is doing, desperately asks me to open the playroom door, and goes through to the other [outdoor] door, to open it and watch the train go by. He loves the "ding ding ding" thing. He does this many times a day! When driving through town, he is always turned to the right, looking for trains. We cannot make a trip without him either asking him to "go that way" to see a train [which no sane woman would do, so I of course never have. I would NOT take a complete detour off of my route simply to please my 4 year old son, putting me in a position to where he now barks directions to me from the back seat. Because that would be ridiculous....], "slow down" to see a train, or telling us to "look" because there is a train. Seriously. When we went to see Thomas in April, well...for him it was amazing. He remembers the odd route we took there (it was a crazy day and we headed there from a different city), and each time we pass that road he says, "That's the way to Thomas!" I love that he has such a deep infatuation with them...it makes him unique, and plus it's adorable!

The Monday following the party, we put together his Thomas the Train puzzle. It has really large pieces, and it was pretty fun! He didn't quite get that when you're looking for "a piece with a mouth" on it, you actually have to turn that piece to where the mouth is in the correct place. For some reason, he thinks as long as it's the right piece, it can turn any which way! LOL






When we finished, he proudly got his little trains and matched up the ones on the puzzle to the ones that he had.

Side note: One day this week he as playing with his trains, and since he has several that are the same color, and a couple that are exactly the same (4 Thomases), he was asking me "same" and "different" questions. Very funny!