A Day with Thomas!

A Day with Thomas

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Saturday Night/Sunday Morning Mommy woke with panic and fear in the middle of the night....she had completely forgotten that Thomas the Train was coming to town....and that Sunday was the LAST day to see him....How could such a wonderful mother of a Thomas loving child forget?? Well, she didn't exactly so the next morning we woke bright and early and set off on the adventure of meeting Thomas!

After packing all morning for the two boys (why should it take so long to do this when you are only going to be gone a few hours??) we set off on the hour drive to Baldwin City...When we arrived Preston and Ashten took their very first ride on the glorious yellow bus...and almost did not want to get off until we saw Thomas!

It was a great set up and lots of activities for the kids to do....like get their very own tatoo of their favorite Thomas character....Preston picked James of course....not sure if it is because he LOVES the color red or because it is the same name as he and his papa have??

There was story telling, videos, a magician and of course Sir Topham Hatt was there for a photo meet and greet!

and what fun event for kids would be complete without a petting zoo area...thankfully my kid is just like his momma and there was certainly no petting going on....he likes to view them from afar!

Preston was in awe of the glorious Thomas and very proudly posed with his little brother for a photo or twelve!

Ashten was quite thrilled as you can see as well...I do have to say he was very well behaved for being out in some very hot weather in the middle of the day...with well virtually no nap beside the car ride.

There is certainly not a "special" day in this household that treats are not involved...Mommy was eyeing the funnel cakes but P man wanted the very messy and melty ice cream cone! You can see who won out...

and before leaving we had to visit and play with ALL the different trains and tables they had set up for the kids....I seriously thought we were never going to be able to get out of this tent!

so I had to brib him with a ride down the slide!


The fire dept was also there and the big red shiny fire engine had to be sat on before we could leave...So Mommy thought it was necessary to get a pic of us as we waited patiently in line to document our first visit to Thomas...


After departing on our long drive home...and stop through McDonald's --Preston finally took a second to relax and stop talking about Thomas and how much fun it was to meet him...and decided to join his brother in a much needed nap!