They are his first pair of button down pajamas and the kid won't take them off!!
Not because they are comfy flannel, not because they button down the front and have a cute collar...no, these pajamas have CHOO CHOOs on them!
Did everyone hear that?? CHOO CHOO! There are Choo Choos on these pajamas!! Please be sure when you read "Choo Choo" that you move your right fist in an up and down motion near your head, indicating you are pulling a train whistle making the "choo choo" sound.
Jacob has very recently become OBSESSED with Thomas the Train and all other trains, really. It all started before Christmas...
First, Pat put his trains around the Christmas tree. Jacob would wait VERY patiently by the train station until Pat would come home from work - and together they would run the big trains around the Christmas tree a few times. As it got closer to Christmas Jacob learned how to do this without his Daddy's help, but most of the time he would sit very still with his hands in his lap, waiting for Daddy to come do it with him.
Then, on Christmas morning he got his own little Thomas the Train track with one train and some pajamas. He thought this was just fantastic! His train, Thomas, would run off the track too!! So, it likes to hide under beds and head down the stairs with a tumble occasionally.
A few weeks ago Pat broke out the pajamas... Jacob hadn't grown into his gift from Santa right at Christmas time so we had to wait a few weeks. And then one night after bath Pat brought Jacob down the stairs in his green Thomas pajamas. He looked so proud, and showed me all the choo choos on his pajamas. The next morning, I had to do some coaxing to get him dressed for school. That night we had to put the choo choos on as soon as Jacob saw them in his room, the following morning provided for a conversation with a 21 month old that ended with me saying:
"Jacob, we wear proper clothes to school. Not Pajamas"
And that's when I began to realize there might be a problem brewing.
We now watch the three recorded KET episodes of Thomas on the DVR most of the time we are home. When Jacob first had allergy testing I downloaded a Thomas episode to my iPhone to keep him occupied away from an itchy back - at the time he could have cared less. Now, he sees my phone, and goes bonkers asking for choo choos. And I have resorted to hiding the pajamas! I've almost decided they need to be for weekends only because I have to FIGHT to get them off of him in the morning if he went to bed in them the night before. He's even to the point he doesn't want me to change his diaper if he's wearing his choo choos. He kicks, screams, rolls, tugs, pulls them back on... you name it, he does it to keep the choo choos on his body.
Yesterday, I gave in. Jacob was sick. We were headed to the pediatrician (to later find out he had strep) pick your battles, right? So, off we went, in a pair of jeans, his tennis shoes and his Thomas the Train pajama top. It worked out well for the doctor listening to his heart and lungs, and when we got home, he saw his pajama pants and immediately brought them to me to put on him...while pulling off his shoes to help the process go faster.
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