I signed my life away for a day out with Thomas

June 27, 2008 | Filed in: Little Monkeys, Mommydom, Pictures, Quirky Me, haiku friday

Fantasies of this
day have invaded my thoughts
since I learned of it

Priviledge of riding
Thomas, only cost my soul
Carson MUST love it

***

I have such high hopes, hopes that I pray won’t be dashed about our big day of riding a REAL, LIVE Thomas tomorrow when we go to A Day Out With Thomas. My imagination has conjured up images of Carson’s jubilant response when he gets to see and ride on Thomas. For years to come, he’ll thank me for enriching his life by taking him to ride on Thomas. At his wedding, he’ll mention that this ONE day, Day Out With Thomas, helped make him the man that he is and it’s all because his mommy loved him enough to take him.

Maybe my hopes for the day are a little bit overblown. A little. I guess I am sort of worried since everyone I know or have read about has reported less than stellar responses from their Thomas loving tot, whether it be a freak-out session or bored apathy.

But surely that won’t happen to Carson! He LOVES Thomas, and really any train, truck, tractor, or automobile. He couldn’t possibly freak out!

Except that he IS a volatile two-and-a-half-year-old who may or may not occasionally exhibit multiple personality disorder unexpectedly.

Hold me.

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Oh, honey. I’m sayin’ prayers for ya.

Braden never acts the way we hoped he would at ANYTHING. Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating.

Nope. Nope. I’m not.

Sarcastic Moms last blog post..Meal Time Memory Lane

I definitely think it’s cool, awesome and fun that you are giving it a try, and even if it goes a little awry, you can always remind him that you loved him enough to do this.
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Ooooh have fun!! I have been thinking of taking Zack to see the Thomaz close ish to us… problem is no car so it’s not so easy for us to get there
Marylins last blog post..Max loves his car!

I shall keep my own personal experience with A Day Out with Thomas to myself so that you can keep your hopes alive.

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Thomas….
*shudder*

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for some reason my toddler detests all which is Thomas.
now Im feeling thankful!

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we skipped it this year (my fault, time got away from me and then it was too late). My boys’ excitement level wasn’t what I wanted, but they still had fun and thought it was way cool to see Thomas in person. We rode the train pulled by Thomas and that was fun, so all in all, a successful outing. Have fun!!

I will keep my fingers crossed that the event is a smashing succes!

i think he will love love love thomas. alot. you won’t be able to get him to shut up about how much he loves thomas and loved being able to ride thomas. it will be wonderful.

i, however, am leery of all things that every kid in the universe supposedly loves. i have an elmo hater. he was born that way. it wasn’t my parenting skills i assure you.

monica @ transplanting mes last blog post..i knew it

I bet he’s a good age. I think he’s young enough not to notice that it’s not “real”–it will be to him. Have a great time, and let us know!

Mom24s last blog post..The countdown…

Fingers crossed! You’ll post about it, either way, right? We don’t want to be left hanging.

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No idea why Mr. Linky double dipped for me *hmph* but moving on to Thomas. My oldest was obsessed and when I say obsessed, it was track all over the living room, the bed covers, the posters, the toys…everywhere.

Hard to believe that Thomas has been around that long, over 17 years now. He won’t be the same without George, that’s for sure.

Happy Haiku =)

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Good luck man.

I know this wouldn’t be a fun day for my daughter…she’s petrified of TV characters in person. To her, they belong on the TV only.

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I hope you and Carson have an amazing train ride. And, that your day far exceeds our ho hum one. For the amount of money those dadgum tickets cost, I hope he jumps for joy. Good luck. And, don’t forget to uses your Emily Post manners when you meet the member of the gentry (Sir Hatt).

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We just went last week to Edaville Railroad for the Day Out With Thomas. This was our 3rd year in a row! My boyz still love it. It’s a yearly tradition for us.

Have fun!

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Have fun!

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Good luck to you… Thomas and potty-training. The two reasons I’m considering having an only child.

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My daughter barely spoke when we took her to Thomas. I couldn’t tell if she was bored or scared or both. But, turns out she must have just been awestruck because once we got back home, she talked about it for a week straight. And now 8 months later she still says “when we gotBACK to see Thomas, we’ll….” Good luck!

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We took Brandon to one of these back when he was about Carson’s age…way out on the east side of Indiana (we drove an hour and a half for it). He LOVED it!! The joy on his face was ten-fold.

He doesn’t remember it now that he’s 10…but the joy on his face THAT day was worth the excruciating heat, the LONG drive, and the cost of the day!!

You are a brave woman!

We have tickets for Playhouse Disney live and I’ve already started therapy to deal with the PTSD after it’s all done!

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That is pretty much the holy grail of kid fun, so I am sure you’ll have a blast!

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Ooooooh, we wanted to do the Thomas thing with our toddler grandson but are packing and getting ready to head to the beach. Maybe next year. Let us know how it goes!

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I hope he has fun! It’s amazing what an event this is.

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I hope he has fun!

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our son LOVED day out with thomas — it was worth every penny - we plan on going again this year when he comes back our way

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you’re a brave brave woman.
my thoughts are with you!

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I am sending you good kid reaction vibes in hopes that he loves Thomas as much UP CLOSE! LIVE! AND IN PERSON! as he does little bitty at home style.

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We have a railroad close to us as well that has a Thomas day. They have a gift shop that is nothing BUT Thomas. Babyhead loved the giftshop, and the train (the regular one, we didn’t make it to Thomas yet)…we do plan on taking him to see Thomas one day, but it will be a while since Pebbles will be here next week.

Either way…GOOD LUCK. Nothing worse than getting excited for your kid about something and they either scream or are more like “meh”.

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We did this a few months ago, and while my 2 year old was unimpressed with the actual train ride, he’s still telling people that he got to ride on Thomas. (Probably because I keep reminding him about the $70 we spent on tickets, but whatever.) Good luck!

I hope he loves every moment of it! For your sake!!!

good luck. no sarcasm there at all. nope no nuh-uh.

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Oh, I hope it’s lots of fun for both of you!

I posted my haiku…courtesy of my son!
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good luck, it’s always a crapshoot with my girl
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My first time! I’ve been writing haikus in my head all week.

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Glad I have a girl, although I’m sure ridiculous, overpriced princess crap is in our future. Husband has refused to ever take her to the Ice Capades or any show that is on ice…yeah, right. All she needs to say is “Daddy…I wuv you” and he gives in to whatever she wants.
Have fun! Sending good behavior karma your way.~~~~

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OK, not that I am completely igororing your post, but I am because my children are out of the Thomas phase, but WHEN ARE WE GONNA HEAR ABOUT YOUR CAMERA SCORE?!?!?!?!

KEEP BELIEVING

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We took our 3 children to see Thomas a few weeks ago, and it went okay. My almost 3 year old LOVES Thomas the Train, but he fa-reaked out when he saw that we were taking him on. Then we got dirty looks and eye rolls from a CHILDLESS foursome of young adults sitting in front of us. My thought drifted to the homicidal, but Ryan calmed down once the train began to roll.
It was okay. We spent Way Too Much Money though. T-shirts, tickets, gas to get there. Probably close to $300. Won’t be doing it again, however.
Have fun!

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Ihope your day goes as well as you hope for! Have fun!

I’m sure he will have the time of his life.

If not let’s hope the train has a bar car, eh?

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we will be waiting on the edge of our seats to hear how it went! good luck : )

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My kids love the Thomas thing. And actually, so did we all. (Except for the girl who was 11 or so at the time…she did survive, though.)

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hope it’s a blast for all…bring a book just in case!
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We had a blast, but I suggest that you do the ride first and all the other stuff after. Our twins fell asleep on the actual train ride because we ate, played, etc. first. It made a great picture of our son asleep on the train! Have fun!

Hope you have fun!!! We took our 2yo back in May (to the same one as Amalah wrote about in Baltimore, MD. We had a great time!!!

Make sure you get your picture in front of the train before boarding, there will be a long line after the ride, as everyone funnels off the train…not sure if anyone else mentioned that?

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I am not sure I can share your enthusiasm… but I can appreciate your Haiku!

It is possible for them to have a great time at Day Out With Thomas. I have the most amazing pictures of my boy hugging “Sir Topham Hat.” Of course he cried when he had to let go…
We’re hoping to go again soon now that he’s old enough to remember it!

While my son (now 12, then 4 1/2) loved loved loved every minute of Day out w/Thomas (we had to make a 3 hour drive!!), he still has his picture on a big real train, with his 2 year old sister trying to hone in, posted in his room. We had lots of fun, and I hope you do too. Sometimes, we need to just have fun and not worry about the cost. Have a great day with Thomas - and your sweet boy.

stella actually teared up at the sight of dorothy the dinosaur at her first wiggles concert.

or maybe it was tears of exhaustion, we’ll never know.

Hope the experience lives up to expectations for BOTH of you ;–)
My 2nd is late again … but it’s up finally at Sacred Ruminations, and that has to be good enough.
Hugs and blessings,

We did this when Shark Boy was 3. He liked the train ride a lot and the inflatable slide thingy they had set up.

We spent a small fortune on the tickets.

And then he spied the gift shop. It was HUGE. Filled to the brim with every expensive Thomas toy ever made.

Arrgh.

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Sounds like A Day Out With Thomas is barely a step above Chuck E. Cheese! I chalk it up to overstimulation. Yay for you for toughing it out!

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I loved Day Out With Thomas. I think you’ll like it.

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We went and had a GREAT time a couple years ago. Have a wonderful time!

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Good luck!

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We took Dylan to this last year. It was 134 degrees, I was pregnant and there were 45,000 people there. For us grown-ups? It sucked. For him…it was the TIME OF HIS LIFE.

When that full sized Thomas pulled up he was so excited he almost started crying. It was THE cutest thing I have ever seen. To this day.

I hope Carson loved it as much as Dylan did!

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Wow, I write lots of haiku (site IS called Haiku Venue after all)… but I’ve never paid any attention to what day I write on. The most recent FRIDAY haiku was back in february! So that’s the one I posted to your linky thingy. Any way, now that I know you’re here… I’ll try to write more on Fridays.

peg cs last blog post..12000th Blog Hit! WooHoo!

We did two of those when the boys were younger, and they were a huge hit. How did it go?

I just thought, wow, I’m so behind in my reader, she probably already answered that question.

Don’t mind me.
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Years ago, one of my now 10 YO twins was Thomas crazy. I bought tickets to go 2 states away, because Thomas wasn’t coming to Alabama. Drove all the way there, hotels, lots of $$…so he could get on the train and promptly fall asleep. LOL (But, hearing him yell when he first saw Thomas was worth it.)

6 mos later…Thomas came 20 miles from my house. Oh well.

WoooHooo, it’s Haiku Friday again!!!!

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