Day Out With Thomas!

If you know Drew at all, you know that he's in love with Thomas the Train. The kid has so many Thomas tracks, trains, games, books, movies and more that our house is swarming with them. I always watch for when the "Day out with Thomas" event comes to Cleveland, but we were unfortunately out of town the past two years it was here. Thankfully we were here this year for it and went this past Saturday!

First, though, I had to start the morning off right with some french toast.

Then it was time. I wish I had known that he would spot Thomas in the car or I would have had my camcorder ready to capture the squeals. It was one of the happiest moments I've seen with my guy in his entire life.

Thankfully we did have to walk a ways to get to Thomas and therefore I captured a couple other shots when he saw and heard him again.

He did one of the bounce house obstacle courses, but wouldn't get his face painted and really just wanted to stare at Thomas.

The little guy loved the trip. Our little introvert studied the tracks, listened to the noises made by the cars and noted when he saw an engineer or conductor walk by. It was super sweet.

He blew his whistle and showed off his certificate from the conductor.

After the actual ride, we met up with his bestie for a couple pictures and some train table time.

These guys really are two peas in a pod. They found a quiet little corner under the crazy kids tent to quietly play with their trains together. Can't you just see the deep thoughts and internal processing going on below?

If you have a little one that loves Thomas, I'd highly recommend this excursion! Although I felt it was a bit pricey, the smile and excitement that came from my little guy made every penny worth it.