Meeting 'Thomas the Tank Engine'

We purchased tickets to 'A Day with Thomas' a few months ago and the girls were super excited to go meet 'Thomas the Tank Engine'!  Unfortunately we had a family situation that Zane had to attend to, so he couldn't join us.  Luckily for us though, Barb was able to join us!  So Barb, Alexis, Anya, Zander, Ro and I went to go meet Thomas.  When we got there we were suddenly sent to a parking lot and had to ride a shuttle over to the museum.  I didn't realize we wouldn't be parking at the museum.  So we had to wait there until they could send the bus that had a lift for me.  THEN it started to rain! When the shuttle got to the museum the driver couldn't figure out how to get the lift to go all the way down.  I was suspended in the air for awhile while Barb had to round up all the kids-it's a good thing she could handle all of them (and Ro!). 
Once we finally made it in we decided that we should run to the bathroom to feed Zander and let Anya go potty.  Seems simple enough, but not so much!!  It was an adventure though, and on the way we saw Sir Topham Hat!  So we got a quick picture with him as well.  After that, Barb took the girls up to see a display train they had and they all rang the bell.  Zander, Ro and I hung out below!

When they were done we could see that Thomas had pulled up and unloaded the train ride before us, so we'd be up soon.  We headed over and on the way I was finding it hard to make sure that Ro didn't eat the kettle corn off the ground.  It was everywhere!!  So we will have to make sure to work on that...
On the train Ro went under the seats and we had one of the conductors take another photo for us! :)  All the kids (and Ro) got a Junior Engineer Certificate saying they rode with Thomas the Tank Engine.
Then the girls and Ro went to get a picture with Thomas, but in the end the wanted to charge us $50 for it, so after all that we don't have any photos to show that they met 'Thomas the Tank Engine' because the blue engine was not in any of our photos!!  Well, he is in the background of this one (the blue in the top left that you can barely see!):

Here are a few more of our ride on Thomas

On the way back to the van we had definately passed nap time and Anya threw a full on tantrum (the kind that embarrass you as their parent).  It was a good thing I had help because I don't think I could have got her on the bus alone.  We hurried back and loaded in the van.  All of the kids were asleep before we even left the parking lot.
Even though I was stressed out about other things going on in my life, it was a nice break and it was great to see Barb again!  Hopefully next time I'll be more enjoyable company! :)