Day Out with Thomas

I know what you're thinking.  Don't these people do anything besides go to Tweetsie?  We do love our visits - we have season passes, so we try to hit up the park's special events along with some "regular" days each season.  The staff are friendly, the park has a very relaxed atmomsphere, and they don't have a problem with outside food and drink... there's a picnic area with a playground at the top of Miner's Mountain, too.  Allowing us to bring our own snacks and drinks is a money-saving bonus!  Our kids love going to Tweetsie, and they always sleep well after a day in the Old West.

Even though we had just been on Memorial Day, we headed back the first Tuesday in June because Thomas was visiting.  C was especially excited to see Thomas and say hi to him this year.

With just a bit of effort, we got the boys to stand still for a few seconds to take a picture with The Little Blue Engine.

When Thomas comes, he brings Mega Blocks to play with, temporary tattoos, and a bouncy house.  There are train tables set up near the building materials, and there are Thomas stamps and coloring pages.  Diamond Lil's girls read stories about Thomas and his friends in the Palace Saloon, and they show Thomas movies when it isn't show time or story time.  We rode Thomas first thing, and then the boys headed straight for the tattoos.

After spending some time doing special Thomas activities, we headed to Country Fair for some rides.  C mixed up a little by riding the merry go round for the first time this season.  (He rode it at every single visit last year.  Now he tries to hang with his older brother... he's growing up!)

And I'm sure you're not surprised to hear that we rode the Tilt-a-Whirl.  :)

P loves to get his face painted.  That's gotten really expensive, especially at Tweetsie, and it hardly lasts any time at all, so we usually bypass the face painting booth.  As a special treat, we did let the boys get painted when we were there to see Thomas. 

P was transformed into Spiderman.

C wanted to get a snake and an apple on his arm.  We aren't really sure why that's what he chose, but to each his own arm paint.  :)



We were also able to get a "free" Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book from the Palace Saloon.  It was advertising for the new Thomas movie coming out this fall.  The movie P and C both "really really really hope" they get for Christmas.  Yup, the Christmas that's six months away.

We had a blast with Thomas, and are so glad he comes our way in the summer!