I’m being stalked by an inanimate object, y’all.
The stalker’s name? Thomas the Tank Engine.
This little blue engine has it out for me. I just know it.
Joshua? Loves Thomas. Loves, I tell you. He screams for Thomas in the bathtub. He tries to sneak him into the crib. We cannot leave the house without this train. The little metal train goes everywhere he does.
If that were the jist of this stalking, I’d be A-okay. But no. It’s worse than that.
Thomas has infiltrated my television.
The toddler asks to watch Thomas. And I oblige because in the grand scheme of things? Thomas isn’t so bad. He’s certainly no Wow Wow Wubbzy or Max and Ruby.
Do you know how many different Thomas movies there are? 2903849202034 give or take a few dozen. And? They are all streamed via Netflix directly into my house. And that’s where the problem comes in.
Joshua says “WAH THO-MA!” so I turn on the train. Five minutes in, the toddler is whining “No Thoma.” But he doesn’t mean “Hey, Mom. I’m totally over this train. Let’s move on to something better. Like whatever YOU want to watch.”
No.
“No Thoma” is code for “FIGURE OUT WHICH OF THESE MILLION THOMAS VIDEOS I WANT TO WATCH OR I WILL STAB YOU IN THE EARS WITH MY LETHAL TODDLER CRIES! AND I’LL JUST GO AHEAD AND WARN YOU I PROBABLY WANT TO WATCH THE ONE WITH THE REALLY OBSCURE TRAIN NAMED SKARLOEY WHO IS NOT NEARLY AS IMPORTANT AS THOMAS BUT FIND HIM NOW.”
So I change the Thomas video. And he’s all “THO-MA!” ::HAPPYFACE::
Until 5 minutes later when he’s all “no, No, NO THOMA!” ::SADFACE::
I wonder what the headlines are going to say when this train finally breaks me.
Andrea - @ParalegalMom
Monday 13th of June 2011
B has not yet discovered Thomas; I fear the day. Right now he still likes Gabba and Cat in the Hat.
Maybe this episode list will help? http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Skarloey
Lindsay
Monday 13th of June 2011
HAHA I'm laughing WITH you, mind. You are laughing right? I am living this hell too... only it's now Diego. "NO NOT THAT ONE...THE ONE WITH THE BABY JAGUAR!!" yeah - they ALL have a baby frickin jaguar.
Good luck
Katie
Sunday 12th of June 2011
eddie is obsessed with different things on different days. he will want the tivo on and we have to go through EVERYTHING in there...but he can't say what he wants...at least not in words i understand.
ugg.
Christine
Sunday 12th of June 2011
Do we live in the same house? Gabe is obsessed. We're currently on the hunt for a Thomas stuffed animal because he insists on taking his rubber Thomas bath toy AND a Thomas book to bed with him. Its ridiculous.
mummy@bodfortea
Sunday 12th of June 2011
Haven't dared to introduce DD to Thomas yet. We're doing just fine with Paddington Bear, Maisy and Bod at the moment and I for one am not rocking the boat. Am expecting all this to end when we get back home and children's TV is in ENGLISH. Eeekk!!