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A Day Out with Thomas

2011 Tour

We heard about this last year from some friends that went and knew we had to take the kids this year. We bought tickets a while ago since they go on sale a few months ahead and they sell out. I told Preston we were going to go ride Thomas the train and he said, "no! I ride James, the red one." Haha!

Getting to the place was stressful. We had done the Santa train in December, which is at the same railway museum in Snoqualmie. Well, we figured it started at the same spot as the Santa Train and I didn't bring directions...well it didn't start there!!! There were no cars around. AND we underestimated how long it takes to get there so we were cutting it close. Amongst some unhappy parents and maybe some yelling we headed over to the railway museum and quickly found parking. We unloaded the kids and I half ran to the place so we wouldn't miss the train. We made it with 8 mins to spare, but man it was stressful! Why aren't we more calm in stressful situations?!

Kyle with the kids

Riding Thomas the Train! We passed by the Snoqualmie Falls (they were hard to see), but we were very high up overlooking the river below. We lucked out and it was a gorgeous day.

Meeting Sir Topham Hatt- Preston was just starting at him the whole time. It was funny. Then after the picture Preston gave him a high-five.

They had a tent with a bunch of train tables. There weren't too many trains to go around which was a big disappointment. Preston threw a fit about not getting the train he wanted so we had to leave and come back. He settled down and ended up with a train he was fine with. Some kids had 8 trains and were hogging them all. It's annoying when parent's allow that when the trains were scarce to begin with. I wish we had room for a train table in our house. He'd love it.

They also had a bounce house, temporary train tattoos (Kate got Rosie on her cheek and Preston got James on his hand), balloon making (Kate got a heart butterfly and Preston got a blue dinosaur), storytelling, movies, big steam engine trains and a store tent. At the store, Preston got Henry and Kate got a activity book with an invisible marker. I loved getting those too when I was a kid. The kids had a good time. We were there for a few hours, got lunch and headed home. {Kyle and I aren't quite ready for Disneyland, long lines and lots of patience is required at places like this! haha}