Today was Cole's last Sunday in Nursery. I can't believe that next week he'll officially be a Sunbeam. I'm the primary pianist right now so it will be fun to peek over the piano and get to watch him during primary.
All this growing up Cole's doing has got me thinking; about all the hours and hours we've spent playing together in our own little world, imagining up all kinds of crazy things, and how much longer do I get to be in this imaginary world with him before he grows out of it and Mom becomes mostly just a chauffeur and a cook instead of a playmate. I'm sure I still have a while, but time does have a way of zooming by.
Perhaps instead of "imaginary world" I should just say "the Island of Sodor", since that is where most of our stories take place. The island of Sodor is from Thomas and Friends and it's where all of Cole's trains live. The trains refer to Cole as "Giant Cole" and I am "Giant Mommy". The trains all know that Cole is in charge of them and that he is the one who takes care of the whole island and sees that everything runs smoothly. Occasionally other toys, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, dinosaurs, etc. will find themselves on the island and create quite a stir. Radiator Springs is not far from the island either, and so a lot of times cars will visit as well. We've had this train set of Cole's for a year now and it has seen good times and bad. There have been numerous storms that have left it in ruins, pirate attacks, and evil diesel engines. But usually it is a happy place where the engines are "very useful" and always excited to welcome a new engine to the island.
Perhaps I've gotten a little carried away talking about all this Thomas stuff, but I guess it's what's on my mind a lot of the time, and I hope it stays that way.
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