THOMAS!

So our fairy Godmother Kathy E. gave us tickets to go see Thomas the train (when he came in Sept 2011, yes this is a back post; done 6/25/12). I wouldn't say Evan is obsessed with Thomas but I would say he, at least at the time of seeing Thomas, sure loved him a lot! We wanted to show our support and all I had was a little bit too small LONG sleeve Thomas shirt. It was going to be a million degrees out so what's a girl to do but cut his sleeves off and put him in cammo shorts! lol. So here's our little buddy, excited for the day to begin! Ahhh.

They had bouncy things and other side toys to play on but he wouldn't do it! WHO is this kid? My kid loves to jump and I couldn't believe he was being shy about it. weird! :)

Maybe this is the reason... 20min there and you can already see the heat and sweat on CG's face. Poor thing was a pretty miserable 16mo old.

We got to ride on a kiddy train (in the sweltering heat, may I remind you) and Mike took pictures of us. He's the best.

Next up; Tattoos! Again Evan was very unsure about this which I was surprised about so brave Cora Grace had to show him how it's done.

True to her natural self, even sweating to death, Cora has a magnetism. The older gentleman to her right came right up to her and started talking to her. He was a grandpa there with his daughter and grandchildren. They were all mesmerized by her blond hair and curls and wouldn't really leave her alone for a good 10minutes! lol. They were sweet. If she would have pointed out something she liked and we said no, I'm pretty sure they would have bought it for her. Ha ha ha.

Meanwhile, brother was checking out the train display next to a HUGE fan to cool off. :)

Next we finally got to ride the Thomas let train along a small route in Nashville. We really didn't get to see anything but trees, limestone and maybe a factory but, although still HOT, the train was cooler than outside. The kids were mildly unimpressed by the trip and having to sit still only made them more tired unfortunately but nap time was quickly approaching. The last picture on the train says it all. :)

 blue icee anyone? ha ha ha.

 uh oh...

 zombie? lol

 so thirsty mommy!!

 "thrilled" ha ha ha to be a Jr. Engineer.

 not as 'thrilled'. ha ha ha.

GET ME OUTTA HERE!

After we went to the front of the train to see Thomas. At this point Evan was so tired...

... he was more excited about his Thomas balloon than the Train. Crazy kid.

 Later, Uncle Matt gave Evan his old train so Evan put on his GREEN Thomas p.j.'s, held on tight to his new balloon and told me to make the train go faster! You gotta love him. I do.