THOMAS THE TRAIN IS ROLLING ALONG ...

Out the door, bright and early. Dressed in our fabulous conductor wear ... Joshua was bouncing out of his seat with excitement! I, on the other hand, was not so happy. Somewhere between Blythe and Palm Springs ... I lost my voice. Zippo. Zilch. Silence. So ... Joshua and Ben chatted about Thomas and I ... well ... I did a lot of pointing, poking and nodding!!
The big moment ... Thomas the Tank Engine pulls into the station. Joshua decided to ride on "Annie." I tried to sit next to him but he said, "No, Mom. You sit over there. I sit with Mookers."
A little Thomas photo op ...Notice that Joshua is never looking at the camera? He was so busy trying to figure out what we were going to do next or trying to spot Thomas ... that getting him to look at the camera was nearly impossible. Even when we were standing next to a real, live CONDUCTOR!Riding on the tippy top part of a caboose. This was maybe even more fun than riding Thomas?Showing off his Thomas tattoo ...Again ... why look at the camera when you can see Thomas down the tracks???


A little Thomas and a lot of grooving! Perhaps Joshua's motto should be: "Have dance skills. Will travel."We had a great day! We even met up with friends ours who live in CA ... not that I could talk to them ... oh well! I think these past 3 days might be the first time in our marriage that I've asked Ben to talk for me. I thought he's LOVE the opportunity ... but apparently ... he too misses all the chatter! Up next ... a SURPRISE visit and ... a wedding! Stay tuned!