We spent yesterday morning with Thomas the Train.

Luke was so excited to see a real, big Thomas and getting to ride in a “freight car” (as Luke called it) pulled by Thomas, was the highlight of his day.

I had picked up two engineer hats, Thomas wristbands, and some balloons at the party supply store a couple of days ago (much cheaper than buying them at the event). I surprised the kids with them at different times during the day. Luke wore his hat the entire time. Adam wasn’t as crazy about it (he had a hard time seeing past the brim).

They had a bunch of different things set up to do after the train ride. All three of our kids loved the bubble machine (Maggie especially).

She liked to stand right in front of it and laugh as the bubbles attacked her.

Adam and Luke really enjoyed the hay bale maze.

These next three pictures are some of my favorites from the day.

We watched the group after us leave for their ride and were surprised to see that Thomas talked as he was leaving (his mouth and eyes moved too).

They also had a bounce house, train tables set up to play at, a tent where they play Thomas movies and read stories, live children’s music (the same guy we saw at the mall a few weeks ago actually), and performers on stilts (sorry Stacy) that juggled and made balloon animals.

We had a great time. All three kids enjoyed it and were really, really well behaved. It was a fantastic start to a fabulous family fun day.