Jack's First Simile

Okay. You read that right. Not smile, but simile. Anyone who knows me knows I am a total English nerd. So, I have to document my son's first use of figurative language. What makes human language so profound is our ability to use language to express emotions by creating connections between how we feel and the world around us. Jack is obsessed with Thomas the Train. He loves it. We watch Thomas videos, read Thomas books, wear Thomas underwear and t-shirts. So, when I ask how he was feeling, he said he was happy like James (James the red engine). That was awesome. He has also been creating stories with his trains, introducing them to each other, creating problems for them to work through. (Cranky the Crane has a bad habit of magnetically capturing the trains to interrupt their deliveries and services). He even adds narrative endings like 'cried thomas' or 'cried henry'. It is so cute. He told me the other day he had to leave to go to work to help out the controller. He drove Henry through chocolate icing with my brother Cody, and his wife, Nicole at my mom's birthday party. (He thinks they are the coolest!) He also placed Bertie the Bus right in the middle of Nana's cake, but that's a whole other blog. In the mean time, may you all be as happy as James.