A Day Out with Thomas

A couple weeks ago, we took the kids to Greenfield Village because none other than Thomas the Tank Engine was going to be there! They had seen a flier at the library a few weeks earlier and were immediately excited about the prospect of getting to see Thomas. We decided to go for it...attempting to incorporate it into our plan of doing "special" things to celebrate the Easter season. As it turns out, Marie and Joey didn't really care why they were going to get to see Thomas as long as they were going to get to see him. I guess that's to be expected.

We set out from home around 10:00 in the morning, which meant that by the time we got to the Village, we had a little over an hour to check things out before getting lunch. First stop, finding Thomas. We watched as he pulled into the station, the passengers were loaded, and then he chuffed away. They were clearly impressed.


We then proceeded to one of the activity tents where Joey was right at home playing with trains. There is just something better about playing with someone else's trains and tracks. He would've stayed there all day had we let him. Marie played for a while, but then enjoyed doing some coloring and activity sheets.





We headed to find lunch. The food was good, but we admittedly spent way too much on the hot dog and macaroni and cheese. It must have been memorable though because that was toward the top of the list of the things Marie and Joey recalled.


After lunch, it was finally our turn to go for a ride on Thomas. We got our tickets ready, waited in line, and boarded the train! The kids were in heaven! Well, Stevie perhaps wasn't overly impressed, but I'm sure he was glad to be there.




After our train ride, Marie was pumped to ride the 1913 carousel. Unfortunately, we didn't time it very well and we had to wait in line for quite a while. They were both definitely tentative when they climbed on, but they relaxed soon enough. Eventually, they got a big kick out of finding Jon as we spun around and waving at him. The carousel was another of the high points of the day.



We spent a little more time in the activity tent...playing with trains and listening to stories. We were all getting tired, so we decided to wave farewell to Thomas before heading home. It was a tiring day for everyone, but given the opportunity I think we would do it again. If you were to ask Marie or Joey, they would be sure of it.