Day Out With Thomas - 2010

A very good friend of mine called and invited Christian and I to accompany Herself and her little boy, Angel, to go see the real Thomas the Train.  Her husband had won four free tickets and she thought this would be a great day for us to get out and spend some time with our boys.  Sort of a date out with our little guys.  I immediately agreed to this, knowing this would be as exciting to see Christian's face when he saw Thomas as it was to see Ava see Cinderella for the first time.  I couldn't wait.  Micah was sad he couldn't go but glad Christian was getting the opportunity.  :)
So, Thursday night we dropped Ava off at Grandma and Pappy's house and left to go home with Christian.  He was so sad and quietly pouted the entire way home.  He was trying so hard not to let us see him with tears in his eyes, but he was sad he didn't get to spend the night at Grandma and Pappy's too.  We tried to explain to him, but he didn't understand.

The next morning, the first thing he said to me was, "go see Big Thomas day?"  He was holding me accountable.  We hopped in the car and drove to Carlisle to pick up Rosita and Angel.  When we got to Rosita's, while we were strapping the boys seats in and getting ready to go, they were talking to each other about seeing real Thomas.  They were so excited.  They kept laughing and talking about Choo-choos. 

Yes he was in a pink seat, I had to use Ava's.  He wasn't too upset, he was off to see Thomas.  :)

When we finally arrived, we were walking across the parking lot the first time Christian and Angle spotted Thomas.  They were in amazement. They both stopped in their tracks and stared, with gaping mouths.  They were pointing and just staring.  I don't think either of them expected Thomas to be so big and so REAL.  :)  They wouldn't even smile for a picture because they were in shock and still staring.

First real glimpse of Thomas.  Stopped him dead in his tracks.

Christian and his friend Angel, both Thomas the Train Fans.  They were completely in Aww, there was the real Thomas. 

We headed on down to the track, following the signs guiding us to the Thomas Station.  First of all, the amount of little boys there was incredible and just breath taking.  Their were little boys everywhere and they were all in their glory.  Literally like Disney for the girls.  So crazy.

Here we were watching Thomas go by while standing at the crossing.  The kids were closer this time and still in aww.  Look at their faces.  The parents are pretty funny too as they are almost as excited as the kids.



We found out the kids had so many activities they could do while spending our day there.  They had a big white tent with TONS of Thomas products, including puzzles, train sets, flags, hats, shirts, sweatshirts, and so much more.  In fact, I am not sure I knew they even made so many Thomas things.  It was crazy and like a small section of Heaven for these two little boys. They were running around exclaiming the whole time, "I want that!!" or "I get this for my birday?" and so on. Needless to say, we didn't get to spend a ton of time there since it was hard to keep them on task. :)

The boys trying on their Thomas Hats.

Then we headed over to get in line for our big ride with Thomas.  The boys had to stand in line, but they were not at all upset.  They got to watch Thomas and Christian kept waving and Yelling, "HI Thomas!!" 

As we waited in line.  The cool thing was we were close to the train, so we could just watch it go by.  The boys liked waving at the people on the train.

Finally Thomas pulled up an it was our time to board the train.  We were the third car back and what exciting times to get on a real Train. The boys again could hardly contain themselves.  They were waving out the window and waving at each other. 

There he Is, coming up the Track.

Here they are entering a real train for the first time. 

They can hear Thomas' whistle. 

Me and My little Man.  What a nice train cabin we were in.

Getting ready for the highly anticipated ride to begin.

After the Train ride, we headed up to the front of the train where we could get our picture taken with Thomas himself.  You couldn't wipe the smile off Christian's face. 

A few more pics of Thomas the Train in real life.

Christian posing with the conductor for a quick picture.

Christian and Angel saying goodbye to Thomas as he was heading in for the day.  His last ride had just finished.  They were waving away. 

One of the fun activities they had for the kids that was included in the ticket. . . Crank Cars.  You used your arms to make it move around the little track.  The boys really liked this game.  We did this numerous times.

They had lots of tables set up for all the boys to play on.  This was under another tent and the kids loved going from table to table to play. 

The boys chose Choo-choo whistles as their souvenirs and we heard them all the way home from Lancaster.  Or at least until they finally conked out. 

I love this picture.  It sums it all up.  We had a Fabulous Day Out with Thomas!!