Thomas and Friends

Violet is OBSESSED with Thomas and Friends.  She watches the show, plays with the train set and reads the books on a daily basis.  Her Thomas fixation is the reason we decided to drive half an hour for a 15 minute show in the NY Botanical Garden.  It took us an hour and a half to get ready with two kids, thirty minutes to drive there, another 15 minutes to walk through the park (in subfreezing temperature) because we parked in the wrong parking lot.  After all this, we sat down and waited 10 minutes for the show to start and when it finally did, it lasted all of 15 minutes.  In our eyes, it was the biggest waste of time but Violet still can't stop talking about it..  Every morning since the show she has woken up and asked,  "Today we go to Thomas show?"  I keep trying to explain to her that Thomas was only there for one day and he is now back on the Island of Sodor.  She doesn't buy my explanation and continues to ask for the Thomas show.  This morning was no different, but I decided to play along.  I tell her that the Thomas show has moved to mommy's and daddy's room and we have to go there fast to get good seats.  She excitedly follows me to our room and, along with Ivy, we climb onto our bed and wait for the show to begin.  As all three of us rest our backs on the headboard, I hint to Gene that the show is about to begin.  Without skipping a beat, Gene picks up his phone and turns on the Thomas theme music.  He proceeds to dance happily in his underwear and I couldn't help but think that this is like the famous scene in Risky Business - gone terribly wrong.  It was so funny that I think all three of us wet our pants.  We clapped along as Gene continued with moves that should be outlawed.  What a great start to our day! That daddy sure loves his girls!