The boys have realized the Thomas and Friends craze. And we have too.
Now don't get me wrong. I think it's a cute show. I like it more than other things that are out there. Especially the new ones that are computer animated-- I can understand liking these more than I can understand liking the model train ones, but that's only because when I was little I didn't like shows where the characters mouths didn't move. What I just don't get is what is it about this show that causes my kids to be completely and utterly obsessed. They eat sleep and breath Thomas. Every word that comes out of their mouths is either "Thomas" or "Grandma". You turn it on for them and for the next 30 minutes they'll yell in your ear, "It's Thomas!"
We need to get our hand on some Thomas toys so I can distract them with those every once in a while. We have one Thomas, that we inherited from a nephew, and I bet you can guess how well sharing that one Thomas between two obsessed kids went. Luckily the less obsessive one would be happy with one of the freight cars. We finally got another Thomas toy and I thought, "Great now they can each have a Thomas." I should have known better. My little twin has an obsessive personality-- just like his mom. He carried both Thomas' and when I asked him to give one to his brother he would say, "No, No, No!" Since both Thomas' were gifts from Grandma, and neither one was given a specific owner, I didn't feel bad insisting that he share.
I think the worst, or at least craziest, part of the Thomas obsession is how it affects me. I actually get excited when I hear the theme song. I now know the order of the engines number 1-8. I have my favorite episodes and my favorite characters. And the worst part, about being a parent with a child that has an obsession, is I want to buy them everything Thomas-- it used to be everything Cars. I just love how excited they get about it. It makes my day!
Well here's to hoping we survive the Thomas days. At the rate I'm going it looks like I'll have plenty of boys to live through it with.
we LOVE thomas!!!
ReplyDeletewe've been in that phase for over a year and still going strong. I love that its such a long phase-that means they don't get bored of their toys as fast. james still plays with the same trains he got a year ago. of course, we also fall into the trap of wanting to keep buying him more trains (there's only a million of them!)...so he's got a TON of them. you and the boys need to come up here and play with all of our thomas trains!!! seriously. facebook me!