Last year the Day out with Thomas brochure sat pinned to my
bulletin board and as the days came and went and with my crazy work schedule,
we never made it to see Thomas. This
year, I was determined to get Little Man to see Thomas, so as soon as I saw the
schedule we blocked out a day and made plans to see Thomas. Although the task of getting up to Union,
Illinois was not easy, we were determined to make it happen. Grampy Rock, Mimi, Auntie Jea Jea, Grandpa Jim,
Grandma Rose, Grandpa Rick, Grandma Ruth and of course Hope Rose just had to
go.
The night before we told Little Man that he was going to see
Thomas, he was so excited that he wanted to leave that night. “Go Now!” is what Little Man kept demanding,
until I explained to him that Thomas was sleeping and that we can go see him in
the morning to which he responded, “Percy?”
I’m not sure Percy is there but I’m sure he’s sleeping now as well. The next morning I got up and just touched
Little Man and told him that Thomas was awake.
He quickly hopped out of bed and I had to stop him before he was out the
door with his pajamas on. 
It was a long drive, but when we made it, he was very
excited to get inside. As we walked into
the museum his eyes lit up and he was pointing all over the place. When we finally made it over to where Thomas the
train was, his entire face lit up even more with excitement. He
quickly covered his ears when Thomas blew his whistle. We had tickets for later in the day to ride
Thomas so we explored the rest of the museum.
We spent the entire day and probably could have spent three days looking
around and riding on the trains. We rode
on several trains that day from diesels to streetcars. I think we all felt like
little kids that day riding on all the trains.
I think Little Man thought he was in train heaven. After the long day we loaded up the motor
home and headed for home and I’m sure Little Man dreamed of all the trains that
night.
We also had fun heading out to Culver Indiana to our cousin’s
farm where she raises alpacas. Little
Man had a great time running after and catching a few cats. The alpaca have Great Pyrenees dogs that stay
with them to protect them from predators and of course Little Man was in love
with the dogs. Luckily he was a bit
hesitant of the alpacas but after a while he got a bit bolder with them and started
calling them to come over, needless to say the alpacas didn’t listen to
him. We had a great time on the farm and
luckily no one was spit on by the alpacas.
Little Man has started at a school nearby for a little extra help with his speech and he seems to like it and is doing well. I have to admit I like coming home and being able to ask him how school was and it’s great to hear the stories. His speech has greatly improved and is talking more and more every day.
Hope Rose is doing great and getting bigger every day, she
is a mover and never liked the burrito roll; hopefully when she gets older she
will like burritos. Hope Rose is
becoming more aware of her surroundings everyday and she always lights up when
her brother comes over and plays with her.
We are still waiting to get word when Hope Rose’s homecoming day will be,
but it’s still up in the air. Hope Rose just
had a doctor’s appointment and she is doing great and gaining weight.
With all the madness going on in our house, we feel greatly
blessed to have our family. God is
great!!!
