Day Out With Thomas

Josh has been so obsessed with Thomas that we decided to take him to "Day Out With Thomas" in Heber. We had taken Joe two years ago and he had a great time then so we thought Josh would love it. As we were walking to the gate Josh spotted Thomas and was happy and excited to see him, but as soon as we entered the train station he turned into a little black rain cloud. Our train did not leave for a little bit so we started exploring the other activities.

Emily was not sure that she wanted to be there, but when she spotted the petting zoo she changed her tune and had a fun time.



Josh wanted nothing to do with the animals.

we took him into the tent were they had train sets and puzzles that the kids could play with. Josh was kind of happy about that, but he did not think the other kids should be touching his trains so if another kid got near him he would snap at them.

Joseph was having fun in that tent putting together the puzzles, but Josh was being too angry so we had to leave after a while so the other children there could enjoy playing.

It was getting close to our train ride time so we headed over to the line. Close by there were people making balloon animals. Joseph got a butterfly and Emily got a monkey. I had them make Josh a monkey also. He took it but he tried to act like he did not like it.

Finally it was time to board the train. Joesph and Emily were really into the day now and I was hoping that getting on the train would change Josh's mood back to excited or at least happy. But he was mad because we were getting on the wrong train. Josh wanted to get on the train that was heading through Provo Canyon.

Emily and Joe sat with Grandma and Grandpa. Josh didn't want to so he sat with mom and dad. (He did not want to sit there either.) The train began to go and Josh was grumbling the whole time. Emily and Joe saw some pretty neat things on their side like a car cut in half......they are guessing by a train.

The way Thomas works is they take the train out on the tracks for 10 minutes and then the train stops and then goes the opposite direction back into the station. After the train stopped and then started heading back Josh had settled down and was starting to enjoy the ride...a little.



All the kids seemed to be happy for a minute, and I thought we were having fun.

As soon as the train stopped at the station Joe yelled out " Hurry, lets get off before it starts going again."

When we got off Josh started being moody again. We decided that maybe we just were not doing things the way he wanted so we let him guide the group for a minute. He headed straight for the other train. We let him look at it and touch it and then it was time for it to leave. I think the most exciting part of Josh's day was waving goodbye to the Heber Creeper.

Due to Josh's mood we decided not to try to wait in line to get a picture with Thomas so we tried to just grab a couple from the side.




We also got a picture with the groups favorite poster. (Josh was not in the mood for pictures)

As we headed to the car Josh was really happy because he got to do what I think he wanted to do in the beginning....Walk on the old train tracks.

Now that we are home I am happy to say that I think all of the kids had a fun time, including Josh. Josh has spent the rest of the day playing with his trains.