Phone transcript: Henry after his date with Thomas.

Henry: I [incoherent] THOMAS’S WORLD.

Me: Did you have fun?

Henry: YEAH AND I [incoherent] TOO.

[hands phone back to grandmother]

[whispering in background: Tell her how you shook hands with Sir Topham Hatt.]

[shuffling]

Henry: I SHOOK SIR TOP HAT.

Me: Wow! Did you ride on Thomas?

Henry [obviously losing interest]: Hmm.

[hands phone back to grandmother]

[more whispering and shuffling]

Henry: OKAY GOODBYE.

Me [trying to hide the desperation in my voice]: I'll see you soon! I love you so much!

Henry [whispering]: Yeah.

[click]

He's coming back this afternoon. Upon his return, I may eat him.

Comments

[meridita]

aw. just... aw.

[Corinne]

:)

[Mrs. Kennedy]

This reads like a transcript of the Watergate tapes, if there'd been more preschoolers in the Nixon administration.

[rose]

See what a difference a weekend makes?! Just wait until you get a different version of that phone call from Boy Scout camp; you'll still want to eat him. After he showers for awhile first.

[melissaS]

But I must know....what did he do to Thomas' World! Rocked it? Shook it? What!

Stock up on honey mustard to dip him in....it's just....unreal on children.

[Running2Ks]

Too.cute.for.words!

[miel]

Sir Topham hat is a capitalist running dog.

No, really read the book--he's what's wrong with hierarchical workplaces.

Still, it's nice that Henry got to shake his hand.

I spend lots of time away from my child. At least several weeks of her young life. That, and my confession below prompted by Alice's writing, and you can draw your own conclusions.

[honestyrain]

if you can refrain from eating him all up i am sure you will smooch him until he can stand not another smooch!

[kalisah]

I'm completely taken.

[clickmom]

I thrill to hear my kids on the phone. Isn't it amazing how sweet and chewy they sound when we can't see them? I just love the smoochy cuteness of their voices.

It is all about the cuteness of their voices, because aside from the prompting grandmother, my husband's distracted work conversations are remarkably similar to Henry's and I most definitely want to throw a brick at his head afterwards (as opposed to eating him. He should be so lucky!)

[laura gf]

God, that is just so sweet. I am not feeling very clever tonight so I will just say that your post made me smile, not just the little inward smile that I will sometimes have when I see something a bit nice, but truly smile.

[Annie]

"I SHOOK SIR TOP HAT."

I'm lovin' that part.

[Mir]

I have often wanted to shake Sir Top Hat (that's his rap gangsta name). Good work, Henry!

[MainlineMom]

I have seen this Thomas day thing advertised all over, and Amanda over at Mandajuice pretty much said it sucked, so I'm glad Henry liked it. I don't think I've actually had an overnight away from my baby yet, but one day I didn't see him at all because I left for a business trip before he got up and came home after he went to bed. All I did at the airport was stare at other babies till my heart broke.

[jenB]

yes, the shaking of SIR TOP HAT made me pee a little. which is possibly what sir top hat did after being shaken.

[Angel]

LOL I rarely get 5 words out of my son when he's at the grandparents' house, you're lucky ;)

[Stine]

My mother sometimes says that when my brother was little he was so cute she wanted to eat him. He is now 26, and she wishes she had. :o)

[Jessie]

Too cute!

[Jerri Ann]

We missed Thomas at our local event and man are well sad. Really, we live in the boondocks and activities are slim to pick over. THat would have been awesome. Henry's exhaustion had to be the clue that he had worn himself thin on Thomas!

[Jenny]

My kids were too chicken to get within 25 feet of Sir Topham Hatt, let alone shake his anything.

Hope your reunion with Henry was joyous.

[rhonda]

My daughter loves thomas and attended the day out with thomas evebt also - she loved riding the train and visiting the roundhouse. Would not go near Sir Topham Hatt. Kids are funny.

[Lala]

It gets better. When they're thirteen and they just say "What?"

[warcrygirl]

Awww!!! When I have my kids talk on the phone they usually hang up immediately after they say goodbye whether I was done talking with the person or not. My 6 year old ends his phone conversations by saying "And that's all I have to say!" CLICK!

[Deana]

I've been reading you for ages and not commenting. Even when you got my haircut, I didn't manage a comment. But the "I lost my shit at a BABY" self-loathing...been there. Many times. Stick a quarter in the Therapy Jar and move forward. Oh, and it'll get worse. Three year olds are demented and out to get you. There, aren't you glad I posted? I'm such a ray of sunshine. Just ask my kids.

[phatmunkay]

pictures?! God, I remember when my nephews were SO into Thomas. They're now almost 16 and 13. *sigh*