Thomas Adventure

Haven't shared a Thomasism in awhile. This is more an adventure, but a hoot just the same.

Suzanna has been going to the neighbors to work with Fancy. Now that Fancy is a cow, there are some changes in the way she needs to be shown and with only two weeks until the fair, she needs to get it mastered soon.

Thomas begged to go down with us. He claimed it was to see the new Jersey cows they just introduced to their herd. But we all know better than that. His buddy Jake lives there, and Thomas was hoping for a few minutes of "farming" with Jake. Farming with Jake involves toy tractors and a vast front yard that becomes acres of farm land.

Jake was in the barn working with his 4-H heifers, so Thomas provided support services for the project. As Jake finished up with one, Thomas asked if he could help Jake catch Lucy. Sure, go ahead was my reply. A few minutes later, I looked across the barnyard and spotted my son in the middle of a muddy mess holding one of his shoes high above his head. It seems that "catching Lucy" involved crossing the muckiest spot in the pasture, and while Jake made it safely across, Thomas lost a tennis shoe in the middle of the mess and by reaching in about up to his elbows was able to retrieve the lost shoe!!! The moment I spotted him was his victory dance.

I called him back to the barn and as he came in, coated with stinky muck, he explained to Mr. Hart and JW that he had lost his balance. Oh, I'll say he did. I sprayed him off outside the milk house and he took the opportunity to further explain his predicament. He claims that none of this would have happened if he had had tie up shoes on rather than the slip-on style. Jake had made it because his shoes tied on and didn't get pulled off by the gooey mess they were walking through. Once I got a couple layers of muck off, and stopped laughing long enough to talk, I sent him down the road. No way that mess was getting in my car. Just one more adventure down the road of life with Thomas.

Oh and by the way, he gave the Jersey's about 2 seconds of his time. Just proves that was all a ploy to see his buddy.