We Spent the Day with Thomas!

While John's mom was visiting during his thyroid surgery we found out that Thomas the Train was going to be coming to Globe, AZ. It is a town about 2 hours away but Peter loves Thomas and Nana offered to bring some of the Phoenix family to visit as well so we all packed up and met to go on the train!


John's cousin Nathan, his wife and 2 year old came too. We had never met and with chasing the kids never really got to talk until the end of the day. Wish we had more time getting to know them because they were really nice. I told them that we'd have to see them before flying out of Phoenix.


Peter was super excited when he realized why we were there. Thomas the Train pulled into the station the minute we arrived and we climbed aboard. Peter helped yell "All Aboard!"


John let Peter have the window seat and we watched the desert landscape go by. It was a short ride, only about 15 minutes, but Peter was super excited.


Mommy let Wyatt have the window seat too, but he wasn't nearly as excited. He slept the whole train ride.


After the train ride Wyatt woke up and needed to eat. There were some nice shaded tables in front of a stage so I stopped to watch a magic show while Nana took Peter to play on some train tables and do a round of mini-golf.


Wyatt got to spend some cuddle time with John's Aunt Marilyn.


After that Wyatt just wanted to be held so I plopped him in the Moby wrap and we went around chasing after Peter. Wyatt was intrigued by all the action and enjoyed looking around at everything.


Peter was in heaven running around to jump castles and a little train doing circles in the parking lot. He LOVED this bean bag toss game. He probably stayed here for 20 minutes or more just grabbing bean bags and throwing them thru the holes.


It was getting to be nearly 90 degrees and super dusty so we headed back to the tables for a while. This time a fun band was playing. Peter had a great time being able to go up on stage and play instruments with the band. He was dancing all over the place. Meanwhile, mom dad and Wyatt stayed in the shade.


It was a great day with Thomas and our Phoenix family.


The 2 hour ride home really sucked though. Peter had gotten a brand new Thomas movie from the library to watch in the car so he was happily kicking back with his headphones on. But Wyatt was a different story. He does NOT like his car seat, especially at dark. He screamed and screamed. It scares me because he will work himself into such a frenzy that he spits up and it sounds like he is choking himself. I have a hard time driving. We pulled over to feed him, change him, comfort him, burp him... Our 2 hour car ride home turned into nearly 4 hours. So hard! I vowed that it would be awhile before another car trip.