Our Day Out with Thomas

Thomas was at the Heart of Dixie Railroad museum this last weekend. I was afraid we weren't going to get to go because of the weather and then next weekend, I'm going to be out of town. I decided to brave it and we went early in the morning because the sun was peeking out. When we got there, it was beautiful. Not too hot, not rainy, not humid. Just a little bit breezy and it was just right as Goldilocks says. The boys loved playing in the tent with all the trains on train tables with cool stuff: suspension bridges, draw bridges, different stations and engines. Jesse is really small in stature but he REALLY looked small in comparison to all the other 3-5 year olds. Parents were asking me how old he was and were surprised to find out that he was only 15 months old. Luke was timid at first but eventually found a table and had a good time. The food was good and reasonable. The train table tent was free to play in. The moon bounce was free and there was free entertainment - a man with a guitar singing "I've been working on the railroad" and other fun kiddy songs. Of course, their sole purpose in everything being free is so that you will hit the Gift Shop - that's where they "getcha"! I won't divulge what I spent but it was more than the amount of cash I had brought with me and 'whew!' lucky for me (or was it them?), they took my Mastercard! In my rush to get out the door, I forgot my camera so I ended up paying way too much for the photo shop on location to take this really un-cute picture of my boys. But it commemorates that we were there and, despite the fussy faces, we had a great time!