"Look Mummy! Its Thomas!"
"Look Mummy! Its a Mack Truck!"
"Look Mummy! Its Lightning McQueen!"
"Look Mummy! Its Percy!"
"Look Mummy! Its Tayo the bus!"
"Look Mummy! Its Chuck the dump truck!"
Our little one loves being out of the road for a lot of different reasons, but I think one of the highlights for him is that he gets to interact with the characters from his favorite television shows. Not a day goes by, when we don't here about Thomas's tracks and how all red freightliners are Mack the truck from the movie cars. Whenever we are in the city he wants to sit up front so that he can see all the different vehicles as they pass by.
He names off all the trains as we pass by them. They all take their names from the series Thomas the Tank Engine, depending on what freight they are hauling, what the look like or if the little one just decides that one train is a particular train. The buses in the city all take the forms of various characters from Tayo the little bus. Blue buses are always Tayo, Big Buses are always Seto and school buses are always Llany. The Taxis are always Nori the Taxi. Red Sports cars are always Lightning McQueen and Red freightliners are always Mack. It makes for a fascinating discussion with the little one every time as we argue about which vehicle is which character.
I think the funniest event was when he was so worried that James had broken Thomas's tracks by driving over them. He was afraid the Thomas was going to have an accident and come off the rails. I found myself reassuring him that the rails weren't broken and whatever reason he didn't believe me. I then told him that the fat controller (or sir Topham Hat) would make sure they got fixed, and he was alright with that.
Another time we were at a construction site and I told the little one that the man in charge was Bob the Builder. He loved that and it perked his interest in watching all the machines working at the construction site. As soon as we left, he watched the one episode of Bob the Builder that we had downloaded constantly for about two weeks.
It really seems to help him bond with the characters he loves in a new an interesting way. He seems to understand them better and the tasks that they perform in the shows. The way he plays with his toy vehicles becomes more reflective of not just the shows, but real life also. Did I ever mention that being a parent is fascinating?
"Look Mummy! Its a Mack Truck!"
"Look Mummy! Its Lightning McQueen!"
"Look Mummy! Its Percy!"
"Look Mummy! Its Tayo the bus!"
"Look Mummy! Its Chuck the dump truck!"
Our little one loves being out of the road for a lot of different reasons, but I think one of the highlights for him is that he gets to interact with the characters from his favorite television shows. Not a day goes by, when we don't here about Thomas's tracks and how all red freightliners are Mack the truck from the movie cars. Whenever we are in the city he wants to sit up front so that he can see all the different vehicles as they pass by.
He names off all the trains as we pass by them. They all take their names from the series Thomas the Tank Engine, depending on what freight they are hauling, what the look like or if the little one just decides that one train is a particular train. The buses in the city all take the forms of various characters from Tayo the little bus. Blue buses are always Tayo, Big Buses are always Seto and school buses are always Llany. The Taxis are always Nori the Taxi. Red Sports cars are always Lightning McQueen and Red freightliners are always Mack. It makes for a fascinating discussion with the little one every time as we argue about which vehicle is which character.
I think the funniest event was when he was so worried that James had broken Thomas's tracks by driving over them. He was afraid the Thomas was going to have an accident and come off the rails. I found myself reassuring him that the rails weren't broken and whatever reason he didn't believe me. I then told him that the fat controller (or sir Topham Hat) would make sure they got fixed, and he was alright with that.
Another time we were at a construction site and I told the little one that the man in charge was Bob the Builder. He loved that and it perked his interest in watching all the machines working at the construction site. As soon as we left, he watched the one episode of Bob the Builder that we had downloaded constantly for about two weeks.
It really seems to help him bond with the characters he loves in a new an interesting way. He seems to understand them better and the tasks that they perform in the shows. The way he plays with his toy vehicles becomes more reflective of not just the shows, but real life also. Did I ever mention that being a parent is fascinating?