Day Out With Thomas

My little guy suddenly fell in love with trains. One day I picked him up from the babysitter's house and she mentioned that her older son had been playing with a train set and that Jake had been really interested in it. So, I took him home and pulled from our toy stash (everyone has one of those, right?) an Ikea train set that we bought who knows how long ago. From that cmoment on he has been HOOKED.

This train set was a craigslist find that we bought before our Thomas trip, but gave to him after. It helped us not feel the need to spend one single cent at the actual event saving us a ton of money! :)

Here is the event! It basically consisted of a prop Thomas train that goes around the country to different train stations to hold this event. You pay for a ticket to ride the train at a specific time and then spend the rest of the day enjoying the toys and games they bring in. Ours was in Globe on March 12th this year.

Jake loved playing with the electric trains with Daddy.

Jake got a James tattoo.

James is vain but lots of fun! (That's how the song goes....)

Grandma and Grandpa we able to come along too!

We moved all the way to the front of the train and were able to ride in style in the luxury car. Plus, we could see the back of Thomas and his engineer waving to people on the streets.

The ride was only about 40 minutes. 20 minutes one way and 20 back the other way.

After the ride we went back to playing games like mini golf...

and bean bag toss...

The event also had story telling, bounce houses, a mini train, coloring, sand tables, train tables, building blocks and a photo ops with Sir Topham Hatt (who Jake calls, "A Hat!!") and Thomas. The line for Thomas was ridiculous, so we didn't wait, but we did get a photo with Sir Topham Hatt and participated is almost everything else. I highly recommend it. Also, we did an early train to avoid toddler melt-down city and it worked out well. We left the event and drove down to a little mexican place (recommended by the firefighters. always ask the firefighters where to eat.) After lunch, we put Jake in the car and he slept on the way home! Perfect. I love it when a plan comes together!