Another Date with Thomas

If you remember C's birthday, we got to visit Thomas the Train back in California with our friends Sophie and her Mommy. Thomas tours the whole country though! When we were reading a local "what's in the area" magazine we got as an advertisement, we found an blurb mentioning that Thomas was going to be in our area this last weekend. Since we were trying to fill up the days that F's on leave before going abroad, we decided to made the 1 1/2 hour trip to see Thomas. After the distances required of us in California, that was an easy day trip. C understood the event a lot more this time. The field was a bit soggy since we've been coping with a plethora of rainstorms lately. The Thomas event was quite a bit different than the event we attended back in CA. First, the venue was much smaller, as the Perris CA location was at a large railway museum, but this one was at a local train depot that offers rides between two small towns. Bob the Builder didn't come along for this trip either. However, this location offered a cute, small petting/feeding zoo that we really enjoyed. We spent a good 45 minutes in that area; we saw a monkey, llama, calf, a couple of donkeys, several goats, a camel and a kangaroo. C enjoyed feeding the animals so much, we had to stop her from holding out the empty scoop--it was teasing the poor things! Thomas was, of course a big hit. We got up a lot closer to the engine this time and C shouted "Thomas!" each time he went by and she saw him. While we waited, C must have asked 30 times to "let's go ride Thomas". She really understood it this time. Definitely worth the trip.