Maggie's fascination with trains in general and Thomas in particular continues so we decided to take advantage of an opportunity to ride with Thomas himself!
We weren't sure how the whole experience would go over.... although she is fascinated, she's also been scared by trains. She is slowly getting over that but we weren't sure if she was ready to ride a full size train, but we decided to take the gamble.
The day of our ride was very rainy so Mommy had to make a quick run to the dollar store to pick up an umbrella and poncho (I had not packed appropriately). While waiting for me in the car, Maggie heard Thomas' whistle. Maggie cried out "Thomas! I"m Here! Wait for me Thomas!!"
She did great on the train - even complained to us that she wanted to sit closer (we had tickets for the enclosed car...at the back of the train.)
She enjoyed the balloons (until Mommy popper her puppy anyway) and music and temporary tattoos....Maggie got Thomas on her face. Daddy got Percy on his hand and Mommy got James on her face. Maggie likes to assign family and friend names to characters so long ago she said that she was James. So that night as she was going to bed she said "Mommy, you've got me on your cheek." It was very hard to wash that tattoo off my face that night- I wanted to keep it forever!
Maggie peppered us with questions.... "Where Thomas' shed?" "Where's Gordon?" "Where's Toppamhat's car?"
Despite the rain we all had a good time and the best part was seeing Maggie's face light up everytime she saw Thomas.
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