Nolan Meets Thomas

Nolan has had a thing for trains for the past few years.  We see one and he screams STOP!  We hear one and he yells SHHHH LISTEN!  Last year when Thomas came to town we tried to buy tickets, but we did realize how crazy busy it would be.  All tickets were sold out by the time we decided to go.  This year we did not take things by chance.  Thomas was today....we bought tickets in May :)  Grandmommy treated Nolan to the best birthday present ever! 

 When we first arrived, Nolan was so overwhelmed.  Some kids freak when they are at their mecca, and other stand back and take it all in first.  He was the latter of the two. 

 

Once Nolan got his Toby tattoo, he started to show is usual excitement :)

 

 

And we could not leave out James....he obviously got a James tattoo :)

 

 We visited the gift shop, Lego/train table station, and then went to stand in line.  Whoever decided that #1 this was a good event to do in the summer time and #2 standing in the sun for 20 minutes with screaming children everywhere was a good idea is a crazy person. 

 

 When we finally were able to file out of the line and walk to our passenger car, we all felt much better.  I think just the idea of being in AC for a bit perked everyone up!

 

Brad and Grandmommy being goofy.  All of us decided that we would love for train transportation to come back to popularity. So relaxing and fun!

 

 Elise took most of the pictures, so I wanted to make sure everyone knew that she was indeed with us on our trip.

 

 Nolan looked out the window the entire trip.  The only time he spoke was to tell us when another car was coming up, more tracks were spotted, and ding ding gate were flashing.

 

 

I could not believe the number of people standing in line to "meet Thomas" and "Sir Topin Hat.  Mama doesn't do long lines, heat, or crazy people.  So, we walked to the front of the Thomas line, waved and said hi to Thomas from behind the chains, took a pic and called it a day!  It worked for Nolan, so that's all that matters :)