Thomas the Train

Last Friday Max, Hinckley (his buddy) and I headed to Boone to meet Thomas the Train and go for a ride on him.  The boys have been counting down the days and were SO excited.  The day before we had gone to Target (Hinckley's Momma has been out of the country on a trip so we had him a little extra)...we went to Target to find Thomas shirts for our ride.

It was a beautiful morning and we headed out around 10 in the morning to go and see him.  The 2 boys chatted and asked if we were close to Thomas for a VERY long time...it's about an hour drive.  But they both stayed awake which was terrific!

We got there and saw Thomas...went on our ride and then had time to check out the fun stuff they have set up near the train depot. All Thomas stuff...they both loved it.  They held hands and ran from thing to thing.  Everyone commenting on how cute the "twins" were.  I let it go most of the time, too long to explain they aren't twins.  Let the little old ladies swoon I say....:)

One of my personal favorite things about our day was that Boone hires adults with Special Needs to help on Thomas Day.  And those adults were the ones doing the stations, giving stamps, tattoos and they were the ones reading the books to the children and running the Thomas Movie station.  That touched my heart.

Here are some pictures from our special day...

Waiting to see Thomas....

There he is....in all his Blue Glory

 Very excited to climb aboard.

 All Aboard!

 The Thomas boys and me....

 Hinckley waving to everything outside as we take off.

Max a bit nervous about the take off.

 Pizza for lunch

 mmmmm....

As close as Max wanted to be to Sir Topham Hat

 Hinckley with Sir Topham Hat

 Listening to Thomas books...

 Playing trains....

 Checking out ALL of the Thomas "stuff" in the tent

 The view at the Stop sign out of town.

 A picture later that night showing off ALL of his Thomas Coloring sheets he colored.