Obsessed? (maybe just a little!)

Gavin has this thing going on for Thomas the train. I guess I shouldn't say thing, it is an obsession! He insists on wearing his Thomas PJ's every night. The problem is that I only had one pair until recently. Now we have two, but that is still not going to cut it. He throws the biggest tantrum you have ever seen in your life when I try to take these PJ's off in the morning. He has Thomas shoes as well. He wears them constantly and takes a nap with them on. He lets me take them off at night now, but it is still a struggle. One night, I left the Thomas shoes on his dresser. When he got up the next morning, he had put the shoes on himself in the night and slept in them!
This has been going on for months now! The girls really liked Princess stuff, but this is a whole other level of liking something. He now has Thomas sippy cups, a Thomas swimsuit, a Thomas sweatshirt (that he wears constantly!), and several Thomas trains to play with. He wants to watch Thomas all the time too. Luckily he will also watch "Chuggington" (if you don't know what that is, you are lucky!) on the Disney channel.
His obsession makes buying things for him very simple, but taking things off or away from him a nightmare! Every night I ask him to get his PJ's on and he says, "Choo, choo?" It's worth it for me to do laundry more often just so he is happy. I don't know what I will do when his shoes get to small. CLEARLY I should have bought a pair in several sizes!
I am thinking it might help with potty-training though. The girls did good with princess underwear, so I am hoping the Thomas underwear will work for Gavin!

Another Born Swimmer?

Gavin is finally old enough to learn to swim. He got to have his first private lesson starting this week. I had my doubts about him. He is super super sweet, but when he doesn't want to do something, he is the most stubborn person I know. I fully expected him to throw a huge fit and not work well. I was completely wrong. He actually did really well. He cried and screamed of course, but he did what he was supposed to do. He got more upset at me for taking off his swimming suit than he did about swimming.
Usually she doesn't have them stick their faces in the water right away, but Gavin did that all on his own. He is already floating on his back on his own as well. He might just be another born swimmer in this family. He is still a butt in the pool because he throws the toys that are meant to make the little kids feel better. He just throws them out of the pool in defiance, but he gets the swimming done.
I just love the swimming lessons. It makes going to the pool so much fun. Very expensive, but worth every penny in the end!