Tuesday, September 28, 2010

North Carolina and Thomas the Train

We had a BLAST in North Carolina last weekend. We drive in on Friday, went to a Super Target for a while and then hit Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner. Paul has been missing wings for a while so he was glad to get there! And Natalie did so great with eating and even got a "Wild One" hat to wear.
Saturday morning we were up early. We went to the NC Transportation Museum to see Thomas. We got a few pictures with the train and then wondered around until it was our turn to ride Thomas. Natalie got to go through a child-size maze and got a Thomas umbrella. We then waited in line for our turn to ride. Natalie LOVED the train ride. It was a quick ride (about 25 minutes) but Natalie loved the ride. We sang "I've Been Working on the Railroad...with the word "Thomas" instead of "Dina" and clapped for Thomas for giving us a ride. We then hit the roundhouse to see all of the model trains and a few Thomas train tables. We then stood in line to see Sir Topham Hatt, although Natalie was too scared to actually meet him.
Our dear friend Tsvetanka and her husband Mark met us while we were waiting in line. We heading to a park with them that had so many things to do: carousel, petting zoo, paddle boats, putt-putt, and more. Natalie LOVED the turkey and HATED the carousel!
After having lunch with our friends, we headed into Charlotte to go to Trader Joe's. We miss TJs SO SO SO much from Tucson. So we loaded up the car with lots of goodies and then headed home. Enjoy the pictures!







3 comments:

Katy Lane said...

What an awesome day!! Jack wants to come visit and see Thomas. We want to go to TJs!!!! =)

Julie said...

This is too cute!! I'm so glad she had fun!

Tamzin said...

Love the photos - esp the one of Natalie looking out the window. Miss you guys!!!!