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brigidThanks to Leah from Tin Roof, Rusted for giving me the heads up about the upcoming Day Out With Thomas. Our tickets are purchased (Nesko’s a huge softy and got some kind of super deluxe package thing plus limited edition this that and the other) and we’re going tomorrow afternoon. It is A Big Secret, although Nesko keeps hinting at it to Niko, which is kind of… why bother? He doesn’t know that Day Out With Thomas exists! But Nesko is sooo excited and can’t wait to blow Niko’s tiny toddler mind.
Our sneaky plan is to pile Niko into the car around noon-ish, run a bunch of REALLY REALLY BORING ERRANDS (like grocery shopping, maybe I’ll buy a bra at the fat lady store, IDK) and then while Niko’s lulled into a false sense of tedious security, head toward the museum. It’s like an hour away so hopefully he’ll nap in the car and be refreshed for our arrival. I’ll let you know if that works or if we just wind up with an exhausted overwhelmed over stimulated jerkass toddler.
Speaking of Thomas, one of Niko’s favorite Thomas episodes is called “Rusty and the Boulder.” I think I’ve mentioned this before, how it simultaneously entrances and terrifies him, how he re-enacts the episode, how his new favorite train game involves rolling a basketball around the train tracks while yelling “OH NO! BOULDER! YOIKS!” etc. One of the things I love about the internet, and about youtube, is that people put up videos of themselves/their kids re-enacting episodes of Thomas with their own trains etc. One of these is called “Rusty and the Boulder and Evan.”
Evan is adorable as fuck, and apparently is British? He says “boulder” as “BOUL-DAH!” and Niko specifically requests to watch “Rusty anna boulder an EVAN!” And lately he’s started saying “OH NO! BOULDAH! YOIKS!” and otherwise imitating Evan.
Mirrored from Now Showing!.
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Date: 2011-08-20 02:11 am (UTC)