Batang Thomas Atbp.: Happy 6th Birthday, Anak! :) [collection overview]

Matagal na naming balak gawin ito para sayo. Sa wakas, at salamat sa push-button publishing tools tulad nito, natuloy rin... kahit parang laging gahol na gahol kami sa panahon.

Hindi lang namin sigurado kung hanggang paglaki mo, ok sa'yong "Batang Thomas" pa rin ang ipangalan rito. Pero hangga't buhay ang world wide web, pwede nating idagdag nang idagdag ang artworks mo rito para rin mabilis nating ma-share sa family at mga kaibigan, pati na rin sa mga mahilig sa mga gawa ng mga kamay-bulilit tulad ng sayo. :)

Para sa mga bumisita, MARAMING SALAMAT PO! Kulang man sa resources, espasyo at panahon, naisip namin itong paraan para i-celebrate ang 6th birthday ng ating little-big boy (siya raw si Little Boy Thomas -- si Thomas po ang lead character sa Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, isang kagiliw-giliw na seryeng pambata na inintrodyus ng isang Lolala sa kanya noong 2 yrs old siya). Walang specific date, time & place, pwede kayong mag-attend anytime. :))

THANK YOU for allowing us to share Batang Thomas' works with you. It is an attempt to compile his sketches, artworks and 'arrangements' (for want of a more fitting term...) after many years of trying. These have been making us smile about Little Boy Thomas (among numerous other reasons) for the past years. Sana maski papaano, mapangiti rin kayo. :)

Trueblue Thomas and Friends fan

The enthusiasm with Thomas began when a Lolala sent him a cd compilation of some favorite kids' shows, among which was portion of "Percy's Predicament", one of the numerous Thomas series 5-minute stories.

The following are pictures of this enthusiasm, most colorful ones starting age 4 when he began receiving bits and sets (!) of 'the real thing' from Titos, Titas, Aunts and Uncles (salamat po!). Most shots are his!

Artworks til 6

These we picked from our folders-and- envelopes-thick collection of our little boy's doodles and sketches and artworks since he began naming them, which was about when he was 3 or so. Some were taken from his two "Aklats" -- two hardbound reams of bond paper gifted him by a friend of Lola's. Others were taken shots of before he gave them as gifts.

We hope now you'll no longer be surprised that his favorite subjects are his character trains. The range has (thankfully! -- though pansin ba? :)) diversified gradually, though...

Builder

Until this day, we are happy he's contented the good old way -- involving his non-Thomas toys (pseudo-lego blocks [the cheap ones of course!], wooden benches, extra boat [courtesy of Lolo], etc.) in his Thomas story monologues. We are amused that so many other young (and not so young?) Thomas enthusiasts play the same way he does on Youtube. Dropping by toystores and spending 10-15 minutes observing Thomas and other train sets is treat enough for him, too.

When we were preparing for a school project, he went through so many picks before finally settling that he wants to be an engineer when he grows up. Sabi nya gusto raw nyang maging fireman, carpenter, construction worker, rock star... Ang nakikita naming common sa lahat ng ito, he loves building and/ or creating stuff talaga, from artworks to sets to tunes.:)

Computer Art

These he drew with Pencil Pal last year pa. He tried to copy train models from "My Train Book" from Booksale.

Collaborations

"Castle na may wheels" he directed me to draw when he was 3. The finer artwork are by Tatay but you can tell which of the windmill's two blades are Batang Thomas'. The pink and purple inkwork we did together; Thomas and Dora he and his Tatay did together.

The rest of the colorful artworks are by Ate Violet, Ate N, his Cousin Kuya, and his kinakapatid na Kuya.