Yesterday we went with my in-laws up to Heber City for "A Day Out With Thomas" on the Heber Creeper Railroad. They had a big engine that looked like Thomas and a whole bunch of activities for little kids. It was so much fun and I've never seen Asher more excited. I found an advertisement for the event in a magazine about a month ago and I cut it out for him. He carried it around for a MONTH (no joke) and told everyone that he could that he was going to go ride the "big Thomas the train."
When we got to the railroad he was beside himself. As I unbuckled his car seat he kept yelling "Get me out of here! I'm so bsesited (excited)!" I really think that it must have been the culmination of all his dreams to see that Thomas was REAL (even though he couldn't quite figure out why he wouldn't talk).
A couple of weeks ago I found him a pair of "engineer clothes" at a garage sale for $2. They are in great condition and Asher wants to wear them every day. He looked so cute all dressed up like an engineer and the cutest part was that there were probably about 15 other little 3 year old boys running around in "engineer clothes" too.
In fact, the whole event was definitely catered to the 3 and 4 year old crowd. There was a whole tent just full of train tables for kids to play with. I wish I could have gotten a good picture of the tent because it was teeming with little 3 year old boys in train outfits. So cute! He is definitely not the only little boy out there with the Thomas bug.
Though, I did feel really nerdy when I could identify by name every single train character... and there are a lot of them--- and sing all the words to the Thomas theme song! We watch and read a lot of Thomas around here, okay!
Rose had fun too but she isn't much of a Thomas fan. She liked the bubbles the best.
Then we got to ride on Thomas and that was the highlight for Asher. He was super excited and kept trying to cut in line. He was thrilled by the conductors who were all dressed up and proudly told him "I'm the Engineer".
My mother-in-law bought him a little engineer hat and oh, man he was cute. I couldn't get enough of him. His cousin River was a blast too. The two of them had a lot of fun together!
After the ride we didn't stay a whole lot longer because River had to get back home and because by this point Asher was sort of loosing it. It was naptime, lunch time and I've had more excitement than my little heart can handle and I'm overwhelmed time. When we got into the car he crashed and slept all the way home.
Rose and I got one last picture with Thomas, and I promise I wasn't cranky. I am just looking in the sun and there is something weird going on with my teeth!
It was such a fun day and Asher hasn't stopped talking about it. I think that if he is still this train crazy next year we might have to try to go again!
Here is a video of Asher and River riding the train. They are so cute I can hardly stand it.
