Thomas the Tank Engine...as Andrew would say:)

One of Andrew's most favorite things in the world is Thomas the Train. He talks about Thomas all day long. At night he tells me the strong engines are asleep in the train yard. He knows all the "train" terminology and it cracks me up. He knows each train's name on the Thomas the Train show and talks about them all the time. He always tells me how on one of the episodes James' nose was stung by a bee.

When we were in Ohio we had the chance to go to the Thomas the Train on the railroad there, and we had the chance to do it again in PA last week! As much as we had fun at the Ohio one, I have to say this one blew that one out of the water. It was one of my favorite things we have done all summer. Thomas came to the Strasburg Railroad near Lancaster. It is an extremely old railroad and I was so impressed of how much they have taken care of it and preserved it. The train itself was so pretty inside. They had tons of activities to do after the ride on Thomas as well. I think these pictures speak for themselves of how excited Andrew was to see Thomas and ride the train.

We went with Andrew's friend Dax and his parents. Dax has been Andrew's little buddy all summer.

Do you think he is excited??

When this train conductor started coming around to check our tickets I told Andrew he was Sir Topham Hat (one of the characters on Thomas the Train). His eyes about popped out of their sockets. This picture cracks me up because if you look at Andrew he is watching this guy like a hawk. He could NOT believe it was him.

still watching Sir Topham Hat....

Andrew also really loves the Polar Express....so he was VERY excited to have his own ticket.

I love this picture because of the scenery out the window. We are literally surrounded by farms. I am starting to get sad to leave it. It was an adjustment being so far out in the country, but now I love it and am so sad to leave it!

What cute boys:)

Thomas!

These little karts were one of the activities Andrew begged to do after we rode Thomas. He loved this.

We also got to ride on a little mini steam engine. This is Andrew looking over the side of his cart. He was in train heaven.

Little Abby girl was just happy as can be the whole morning.

Then we waited in line to meet the REAL Sir Topham Hat. Andrew was PETRIFIED of him. I don't know why but he is seriously so scared of dressed up characters of any kind. I'll admit though...this guy is a little creepy looking!

Thomas' eyes even moved:)

We went and had lunch in a tent after all the rides. This man was jammin on his guitar. It was so fun, he had all these little instruments sitting around him and the kids could go up and play with him.

You better believe Andrew found the one and only drum and went crazy on it.

We had such a fun time! So glad we were out here for when Thomas came to town! Now we are on our way back to Utah on Tuesday. Sad to leave our little town here, but so excited to get back to our home! It's been a great summer!