Definitions by Thomas

Last Thursday night walking up to the Long Horn Steakhouse I pointed out a large cloud formation to my 4.5 year old son, Thomas.

Me : Thomas, look at that cloud up there.
Thomas : Wow. That’s really huge!
Me : What does “huge” mean?
Thomas : It means “enormous.”
Me : …

Then last night he was playing his Thomas the Tank Engine computer game. As we were heading up for bedtime he told me about it.

Thomas : … Yeah, and I talked to Henry.
Me : And who is Henry?
Thomas : He’s the big green engine.
Me : How did you talk to Henry?
Thomas : Well, Thomas talks to Henry automatically.
Me : What does “automatically” mean?
Thomas : Well, it means you don’t have to do anything and it does it.
Me : …

He has a rather large vocabulary for his age…