Day Out With Thomas

I am pretty sure if you asked anyone who they could spend one day with they will give you very different answers... some celebrities, scholars, politicians, etc. Well, Eli would heartily tell you... THOMAS!!! So, Thomas came to a little town called Rusk, TX and... well, Eli got to meet him and go for a ride. We went with our friends Drew and Jessica and their boys Mason and Ian... a good time was had by all (although it was still ridiculously hot).

Mater from the movie "Cars" at a small autobody shop in a very very small Texas town..


The Wagners


Sir Topham Hat (the conductor of Sodor)


Train Ride... he was so happy, the only time he is quiet...





The boys at the track!

Train Show

Back in October I found out that there was going to be a model train show at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. SO, of course, our little train conductor was in attendance. He could not believe the enormity of the room and that it was entirely filled up with trains... of every size, type and group. There were several tracks set up with trains and we just literally followed this child for 3 hours as he ran from booth to booth begging for a new train. This is also where he had his first ever Dum Dums lollipop and, I think, found his own piece of Heaven this day. Obviously, we didn't make it home before he fell asleep and he talks about it still. Unfortunately everything "model train" is very expensive, so the cheapest thing we could get him (that he would agree too) was a 20 dollar, very old (and small)black steam train... he loves it still..

First Lollipop!!!

The pic that prved he need a "trim".


Just silly...



Loving this!!!