Thomas the Train

Noah had a BIG day yesterday!!! We went to “A Day Out With Thomas” in Baldwin City – just a little south of us. He got up and we started getting ready and then we made the mistake of asking him if he wanted to go see Thomas the Train. Well, being that we said it, he wanted to leave…NOW! He had like two bites of breakfast and a sip of milk and he wanted to get going. Our neighbor was going to watch Faith and she wasn’t even to our house yet and Noah wanted to get in the car, so him and Rick sat in the car for about 15-20 minutes before we actually left. Rick said he just kept asking to go bye-bye and where’s Thomas.

We got going down the interstate and there was a train next to the road, so Noah was excited about that. Then we parked at the high school where there was some construction vehicles and then got on a bus to head to the railroad. So Noah is already excited and then we pulled up to the train station and Noah (and the other kids on the bus) started pointing and saying “Thomas, Thomas”. I thought he was going to pop! And to top it off, there was even a fire truck there too!!

Our train ride was at 9:45 and we were there about an hour ahead of time, so we got to go around to the tents they had set up. One tent had tattoos that they were putting on and Noah has been pretty proud of his. I think he’s shown about everyone his tattoo already – I’m not sure what he’s going to do when it rubs off!! There was another tent that had tables with trains that you could play with. Another tent had storytelling and videos. There was a magician that put on a show, a bubble station and a little petting zoo. They also had a sand box area and a little maze made out of straw bales.

We weren’t sure how Noah would do on the train ride, but while we were standing in line, he kept pointing to the train, so we thought it might be good. THEN we got on the train and he didn’t like it. He kept wanting to get down. I’m not sure what was really wrong, but as soon as the train started moving, he was fine.

He seemed to have a great time and didn’t want to leave. It did help that we got to ride the bus back to our vehicle!! I forgot how load buses are!!

There are some more pictures here.