Timmy really enjoys watching Thomas and his friends on TV or the computer (we downloaded a whole season on iTunes) and he has a few board books we got from Half Price books. A lot of them feature a little engine named Percy. In fact, Percy was the first of the train names that he could say. We had not purchased a Percy for him and hadn't really given it much thought.
I noticed that he's been talking about Percy a lot and so I thought I'd try to get him one on eBay if I could get one for cheap enough. We ended up getting one for $3 less than store value and that's even including the shipping that was the same price as the car. So Percy arrived in the mail today, just one day after I finished wrapping all of the presents for Timmy. Erik took him out of the envelope he was mailed in and that was the end of that. Timmy really didn't want to let him go. He also really wouldn't let you play with Percy. You could see Percy as Timmy held him, but that was it. I'll try to get some pictures later.
So just before Timmy went to bed I told him he had to put Percy away with his other trains. He refused. He wanted to take Percy to bed with him. I finally convinced him to give Percy a kiss and put him on the table we eat at (it's in the living room because we don't have a dining room and there's no room in the kitchen so what would you call it? suggestions?) so he can see him in the morning before heading off to school.
Can't remember the last time I had a toy that I was that excited about and that reluctant to give up, even at bed time. I'm sure there were some when I was his age but I honestly can't think of a one.
Tomorrow is my last day of work until January 6th. That's right, I have off until Epiphany and I get paid for it. It's supposed to snow again tomorrow so we'll see if we even have to go. Either way, it'll be a good day.
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