The Best Day of Cole's Entire Life

Lindsay and I checked the boys out of school early on Friday and drove to Oklahoma City.  Cole and Grayson got to see and ride the "Real Life Thomas"!

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 For several weeks they had been counting down the days until they got to see Thomas the Train. 

 

 To say they were excited was an understatement!

Thomas wasn't there when we arrived, but there was plenty for us to do while we waited.

Cole and Gray were excited by everything!

They had tents set up with different activities. 

They were given a paper and got a stamp for each of the stations they visited.  After they got all their stamps they received a prize.

Their favorite station was a tent that had several train tables set up with trains.  It was funny to us, because it was the same stuff they could do at home.

Cole got a few tattoos on his arm and has been worried they will come off.  I think he feels pretty tough and important with his Thomas tats.Thank goodness he can't get a permanent tattoo at the age of four.  I feel like this would be a serious regret later in life.

He kept checking them out to make sure they were still there.

I told the boys to make a tough face and show their tattoos.  Grayson did what I asked.  Cole acted like that was a stupid idea.

We told the boys they got to meet Sir Topham Hat.  When he came out, I don't think he looked like they expected.  Cole stared and whispered, "He looks freaky."  Later Cole said he had weird hands and his fingers stayed together.

We also got to walk through an old train.  It had lots of model trains set up in there and Cole loved it!  He kept pointing at things and asking me to take pictures of them.

He liked all the train pictures too.

It was so much fun for me to watch how much he loved it all.

We visited the gift shop and spent some money that Lindsay's dad gave the boys. Of course they bought another Thomas train because you can never have enough of those!

Then all of a sudden, they both yelled and we noticed that Thomas had arrived!

 

 

They were star struck!  Grayson kept jumping up and down yelling, "Thomas is real!"

Cole announced that this was the best day of his life!

We boarded the train.  We were in the caboose.The boys were in awe.

They seemed shocked that they were really riding on Thomas!

We handed over our tickets and helped Thomas get moving by clapping and yelling, "Push Thomas Push!"

They were even given a certificate signed by Sir Topham Hat (which is pretty amazing since his fingers aren't separated).

Lindsay and I had a great time too!  Okay, we're being a little silly here, but seriously it was so much fun! We loved hanging out with our boys and seeing them so excited.

On the way home they talked about how much fun they had and how they wanted to go to each other's house.They were both worn out and Cole fell asleep.

When Brad got home from work, Cole told him all about his best day ever.  He said he loved Thomas one hundred thousand two.  He even asked Brad to take him again the next day.

That night as he was going to sleep he still had a huge smile on his face.  He said, "I just can't stop saying how much I love Thomas!"  I said, "I'm glad you had fun, Cole." and he responded, "I'm glad you had fun too, Mom."