Day out with Thomas!!!

Cooper's big day out with one of his favorite loves, Thomas the Tank Engine was full of smiles and tantrums. We had been telling him a few days before, each morning he was going to see Thomas soon. "We have tickets and we're going to give them to the conductor and ride on Thomas' train", we told him. He looked at us curiously.
The day began with a tantrum at home because he didn't want to leave his trains, even though we said we were going to see Thomas. We finally got him in the car and headed to the Colorado Railroad museum in Golden. We parked in a lot outside the museum property and rode a bus over. Once we arrived, we tried to take Cooper to see Thomas but he threw a fit. Cooper could have cared less about seeing Thomas, he would have spent the entire day in the gift shop tent if we let him. We tried several times to coax him out to the railway to see Thomas, each time resulting in a tantrum. The kid has his own agenda. After a few timeouts, we made our way over to the line to board the train. Grandpa Walt and Joan even stopped by to watch Cooper ride. Once the train got moving, Cooper loved it. Afterwards we watched miniature trains, played in the Imagination Station, climbed the lego Thomas and threw a few more tantrums. We even got our picture taken with Sir Topham Hat, the controller of the line. Sensory overload but well worth some of the smiles! Cooper never went up to the life size Thomas for a closer look - maybe next time.