Thomas The Train was in Town!

This past weekend, we finally were able to take Liam to ride on Thomas the Train. The weather wasn't looking good, but we took a warm coat, and an umbrella just in case. After about 30 min. of being there the sun came out, and the weather was perfect. We decided to leave Rowan with Grandma B since it was during her nap time. Plus we thought it would be fun for Liam to have an outing with Mom and Dad by himself. He was very excited and had a great time. After we took a ride, we got a picture in front of Thomas, then we did some of the activities...he did mini golfing for the first time, and we realized that we suck because he's never been before. He definitely needs some practice with that, but he had fun anyway. Then we got him a tattoo sticker on his hand. Then went to the store where he picked out 3 new trains, got both the kids a new T-shirt, and Rowan a hat, and a little Thomas bag to carry everything...They are so spoiled!! Then we were all ready to head home! As you can see in the last picture, he was pretty tuckered out!

Correcting a Parent's Mistake (Hopefully)

Liam is TOTALLY obsessed with Thomas the train right now. And I made the mistake of telling him that we got tickets to go ride on him over 2 months in advance. He wants to go 'RIGHT NOW!', and because he's only 3, he doesn't fully understand the concept of time, and that he won't be here for a couple more months. Lately, he has been waking up and wanting to go 'RIGHT NOW!'. And after I explain to him that it isn't till May, he gets very cranky, and is not happy for a long time. I got the brilliant idea (I hope) this morning to print out Thomas's schedule and a map of the U.S. and put stars on the state he's in...I hope it works, otherwise the next 2 months are going to be miserable ;)


SCHEDULE


MAP

Liam's Day Out With Thomas

Several weeks ago we purchased some tickets to take Liam to go on a ride with Thomas the Tank engine. He has loved Thomas since he turned 2 years old. We decided to leave Rowan with Grandma because we figured it would be easier, plus we thought it would be good for him to have a 'Liam Day' where he gets to hang out with Mom and Dad all by himself! It was a bit of a hectic morning trying to get everything and everyone ready to go, but we managed to be in the car at 9 am on the dot...as we were backing out, I had a sinking feeling that we were forgetting something, but that is not unusual for me...so then we got to the event, and realized that Mike had forgot to grab the battery off the charger to our brand new camera that we got last night! It was a bummer, but thankfully we had our video camera, plus my little camera. The quality isn't as great obviously, but as you can see there is no shortage of pictures of Liam!


Liam playing with the trains.








Liam riding Thomas the Train.























Liam in the maze.


Liam and Dad in front of old locomotive.


Liam and Dad in front of Thomas the Train.




Liam playing with trains...again.