A Day Out With Thomas

Yesterday we surprised the boys and took them to Day Out With Thomas....which is like crack for little boys. There's an actual full-size Thomas the Tank engine, that pulls about 5 passenger cars. After you break out the chain saw and remove your arm and leg you can take your kids for a ride.

The boys were SOOooooo excited, and I thought Owen's head might explode when he saw the actual Thomas the Tank Engine. He was screaming, "HI THOMAS!! WE'RE COMIN'! WE'RE COMIN' TO RIDE YOU!"
When it was our turn to have picture with Thomas, Owen didn't want to get down. He said, "I gotta give Thomas a kiss"

Well, he couldn't get close enough to give him a kiss, but he DID get to enter the merchandise tent....or the "break-out-your-wallets-and-just-open-it-up-for-us-to-empty" tent. It was a Mecca of Thomas the Tank Engine Merchandise.

Seriously though, we had a GREAT time with the kids.....It's so fun to enjoy life through your children's first experiences. Here's some pictures from our day.

They had an entire tent set up with various train tables. I had to leave Steve here with the boys while I left for about 20 minutes to nurse Tyler. He said it was like a page out of Dante's Inferno...about 50 little boys, all of them trying to play at about 10 train tables. And since all those OTHER little boys weren't very good at sharing or playing nice, well.....it got old after about 1.7 minutes.

Legos AND trains?? It's little boy heaven.

They had inflatable get-your-own-concussion jumpy-things:

And putt-putt golf.
I had to grab AJ's "goff cwub" driver before he hauled out and hit that ball like he was teeing off the first hole of the Master's.
"Just a little tap" I said.
OH, RIGHT.
How boring.

Owen was all about using the one-handed method.

A little cotton candy....

A train tattoo on the face...

Tyler and me on the train...

The creepy conductor guy.....he volunteered to pose for a picture with the boys.

Sir Topam Hatt with A.J.
Owen wouldn't have anything to do with him.