Thomas the The Tank Engine Rules!!

On Saturday Guy and I took Lizzie to "A Day Out With Thomas". I don't think I could put into words how excited Lizzie was and how much fun we had! The pictures that are posted really don't show the sheer joy on her face!


It was a beautiful day, just the right temperature and not too humid! Our day started fairly early. We were on the road to Strausburg, Pennsylvania by 9:00 a.m.; our tickets were for 12:45 p.m. and it was about a 2 hour ride. We arrived a little after 11:00 and were surprised to find out that the primary parking lot was full. We followed the signs to additional parking and found that it was about 2 miles down the road at a farm. We parked there and they used school buses to take us back to the train station. Our bus was full with parents and children. As we were driving back to the station, everyone saw Thomas on the train tracks... the kids starting scream "Thomas", "there's Thomas!!" One of the parents shouted out..."Are the Beatles here!" The kids were just thrilled!


So, we are now at the station and there are literally hundreds of people there, parents, children and grandparents. Everyone was doing something. Standing in line for the next ride with Thomas, buying gifts, eating. It was really unbelievable. We got in line at 12:15 for our 12:45 ride. Everything was very organized and the children were all really well behaved.


As Thomas pulled into the station, all the children were waving and shouting!! We boarded the train and our ride started. Lizzie was just so excited (I will post the video once we download it). The train car was very elegant: velevet seats with beautiful hanging lighting. The conductors had old fashioned uniforms on and were just great with the children. The ride lasted about 20 minutes and went through all of the beautiful Lancaster, Amish farms. Lizzie got really excited when we saw cows outside of the windows!


When we finally pulled back into the station, we headed right to the Thomas store....well, $50 later... LOL! By this point, Lizzie was very tired and had a little melt down in the store. We decided it was time to leave. We headed back to the bus and back to our car. We both thought Lizzie would fall right asleep...NOT... she was still so excited. She kept saying her favorite part was when Mommy and Daddy and Lizzie were all riding Thomas and she said she had the best day! Then she wanted to know if we were coming back tomorrow!


Here are some pictures... enjoy! I will post some video later in the week.

Bathing Beauty!

Ok, the weather here in the mid-Atlantic is hot. Not just hot, but hot and humid.. the deadly duo. So yesterday, while shopping at Target, I picked up a 6' blow up pool. My sister, Lisa, bought us an electric air pump -- thank God! Anyway, we went outside this morning around 9:30 (not kidding) to get it set up. We went outside early because once the sun hits our patio around 11:30 am or so, the back of our house turns into a supernova! Anyway, Guy set up the pool, filled it with water, and Lizzie was out there splashing around by 10:00. It was actually pretty nice outside then. There was a nice breeze and we were in the shade. By 10:30, the humidity started to really kick in. Lizzie was still having fun so we stayed out for a little longer. By 11:30, we were getting ready to come in .. it was actually getting hard to breathe outside.

Of course, we took pictures! Here you go.... this is the first year Lizzie didn't need a pull-up in the bathing suit!! As you can see, the bathing suit is a little big!!

Just to Keep you on your Toes... Here is another post!

Just a couple of pictures from the weekend. You will see, we didn't do much...but sleep! Here is Lizzie sleeping. I call this picture "Lizzie's World". It is her room with captions.

The rest of these pictures were taken tonight after Lizzie's bath. Her hair kind of looked like "That Girl" !