Thomas the train

(I LOVE THOMAS!!!)

Anyone who knows Little Ricky, knows that he is absolutely OBSESSED with Trains (Especially Thomas)! So for a special surprise we treated him out to a day with Thomas. Rick took off a day from work and we headed off to the grapevine historical train station for our chance to ride a train pulled by Thomas himself! Well... the whole 45 minute ride to grapevine he watched his Thomas and Friends DVD. (Even shushing Rick & I every once and awhile) When we finally arrived and turned off the movie he began to look out his window, when long behold THERE WAS THOMAS!!! He was SO excited!!! "THOMAS THE TRAIN!!!" "WHOO HOO!!!" "I WANNA GO! I WANNA GO!" "I WANT TO RIDE THE THOMAS TRAIN" Is all we heard for at least 5 minutes as we unpacked and got ready for a day out on the grounds they had set up for this special activity. He could barely contain himself as he bounced around waving and screaming at Thomas.

(This is the view he saw from the window)

Rick was such a good sport throughout the day! I think we were just as excited as Ricky to see Thomas! It was amazing to see a life size replica. We met up with a close friend who has a son that is best buds with Ricky. Between the both of them the excitement was through the roof. There were a lot of people there. Thomas was scheduled to run at a lot of different times during the day. When we first got there it was about 10:45am and our train wasn't scheduled until 1:00pm, but our kids don't know the concept of time yet, so when they saw Thomas leaving without them... They were almost in tears. (Look at picture above) So Rick made up a story about how Thomas had to go get some lunch and he will be back in a little while. It just so happens that we were also leaving to get lunch and when we got back to the grounds, Thomas was back!

Lunch Break!!! Look how healthy your meal can be at McDonalds! (Apples, Chicken Nuggets, & Milk) Great Choice Ricky!!! Look Thomas is back!!!

When we got back Ricky said Thomas Came back!!! He's done eating.

We enjoyed some of the other activities they had on the grounds, Model trains, TONS & TONS of Thomas the train tables & toys, Coloring, bounce houses, storytelling, and movies. Then it was time for us to Board our train. The whole ride Ricky blew his little whistle and yelled "Go Thomas! Faster Thomas!" (I had made him a little Thomas the train goody bag for him to open on the train, it had a Thomas the train, fruit snacks, a train whistle, and another little snack) He loved the experience and it was great to see the happiness on his face!

Here is a picture of Ricky getting off the train, it was time to head home.