I mentioned earlier that Jonah has become a rather huge fan of everything related to Thomas the Tank Engine. Even though he rarely watches tv, we recently began checking out Thomas DVDs from the library, so that he can watch a story and a song if he takes a good nap (which he resists, but still desperately needs). Jonah especially loves the sing-along-songs and tries really hard to learn all the words as he watches. He was practicing one of the songs one afternoon and kept getting frustrated because neither of us could remember what came next, so I looked up the lyrics and printed them out for him. He walked around (and slept with) with that paper for a few days, and now he’s got the whole song down. One night he was up until almost eleven(!), enthusiastically singing over and over and over…

Here he is, practicing. And if you’re curious about what the original song sounds like, and don’t mind it haunting you in your sleep for the rest of your life, click here.