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

[J.]

Way to go, Henry! I've always thought Sir Topham Hatt deserved a good shaking.

[Martha]

Why is it that talking to our kids on the phone is 187 percent more adorable than talking to them in person?

[DM]

I especially enjoy talking to my nephew on the phone. It usually consists of this "Ditty! Ditty (that would be kitty for my cat who is more important than Aunt Dana)! Boop (Book and Poop. His two favorite words)."

Then there are some random beeps because he's fascinated with the phone and he hangs up on me. At least Henry is a sign that there are better conversation skills to come.

[Psycho Kitty]

Just be forewarned that he will taste of Tank Engine.

[buffi]

When my daughter was two, she would conclude her phone conversations with, "Well, that was my last talk!"

I know you are glad to have him back!

[Africableu]

Nah, kids taste terrible. It's just the misleading advertising that is getting to you.

Try a Snickers bar instead - "packed with peanuts, Snickers really"... well, you know the rest.

[sac]

Phone calls with your toddlers are heart-wrenching, as they always seem totally pre-occupied. Ou middle kid will be in the middle of a story and then suddenly announce, "I'm done talking to you," and hand the phone to whichever adult made him talk on it.

[Belinda]

Henry? Henry, you around today? You OK, Bud? Let us know you've not been digested due to adorableness.

[sweetney]

you could always just nibble on him a little and then satisfy your blood lust with some HUFU: http://www.eathufu.com/home.asp

just, you know, thinking of the children.

[cagey]

You just may EAT HIM? No wonder everyone is up in arms against all the Mommy Bloggers. The HORRORS that abound in these pages. Gasp!

heehee

[GG]

We have 3 messages saved on our answering machine-all from our kids. God help me if they accidentally get erased--or if that phone craps out. I always tell my little one I'm going to sneak into his room at night and eat him up, so sleep with one eye open!

[me mommy]

I read a really good online essay about the need/desire mommies have to nibble on their kids. When I put my middle one to sleep (the compliant one) he gets drowsy and I read one of my books to purposely NOT get drowsy. Right before he drifts off to sleep he extends his arm over my face and I take a few little nibbles of his forearm. It's his bedtime routine now.

Where the Wild Things Are had it all right, "I'll eat you up I love you so..."

[me mommy]

http://www.austinmama.com/domesticdisturburbancesixteen.htm

[Crazy Us]

I love the conversation!

And then, Kyle and Eli want to know if Henry would like to come over and play? We have a train table, not a Thomas Train table, but a good table for trains. What we do have; however, is a shit-load of Thomas Trains and accessories.



Oh yeah and the Thomas Train always makes it way to Utah.

[Kristen]

I love it! My 3.5 year old is the same way with the phone. Asks to talk to grandma, says very little once he's on the phone, and then says, "Bye" and hands the phone back to me.

At my house my nearly 14 month old has figured out how to change the outgoing message on my answering machine. It's always interesting to call my house and hear baby babble for 5 minutes before the beep.

[Mrs. Kennedy]

Post something new, goddamnit.

[Mrs. Kennedy]

It's because I give the tough love.

[Jenny]

I'm with Mrs. Kennedy. Well, except for the tough love part because that isn't my forte. I'm having Finslippy withdrawals.

[marian]

did you really eat him and now you're in jail? hello?

[Torrie]

Wait until he's a tenager-then he'll REALLY hate talking on the phone.My teenage nephew would rather have a root canal than talk to me on the phone.

[shelli]

OK, this is my first time reading your blog. I had logged it in my bookmarks, because dooce reads you, so i said if Heather reads you, you must be good - so i have to go read you too.

I almost peed my pants, because when I read the comment "Henry's date with Thomas" I thought it was about gay friends of yours....

until I got to the part about "riding" Thomas, and I realized you probably wouldn't blog about that...



OK - Off to go read more, and figure out who this Henry person is. I'm assuming he's an adorable yummy child of yours!

Cheers,Shelli