July 13, 2005 - i was scared of the clip!-
"I was scared of the clip!" That's Everett's opening line these days. He says it as a hello to Grandpa (even for the third time in two days he'd seen him). He says it when introduced to a "friend" at the park. He says it when asked if he wants stickers at Trader Joe's. He yells it to the people walking past our house.
He actually means "cliff." And the cliff in question was a spectacular one in the Columbia Gorge near the edge of which the Hood River Railroad runs. It was pulled, that lovely day in late June, by Thomas the Tank Engine.
We had been planning the "Day Out with Thomas" for months. Everett, as you probably know, adores Thomas the train. He knows all there is to know about Thomas and his friends. We thought that taking him on the actual Thomas train would send him over the moon. We thought he'd never stop talking about it.
Well, we were partly right. The cliff frightened him so much that it wiped out any glow from riding in a coach behind Thomas. Did he want to go ride on Thomas again? No. He was done. He still loves Thomas, he just has no desire to ride on his train.
The good news? Everett is so good at talking through his feelings. All the world's a therapist. I'm so proud of my little metrosexual...
thomas going over the bridge
still scared after the ride
