A Day Out With Thomas

The whole family trekked down to Oklahoma City on Saturday morning for A Day Out With Thomas. We had a train ride on Thomas and there were kids activities and photos with Sir Topamhat. It was a bit hot - but the kids loved it. They all got tattoos and balloon animals.
Then we went swimming at the hotel pool that night.

Sunday morning we went to the Oklahoma City Zoo. Katie loved the elephants. Alex most loved the playground and the new pink umbrella stroller we bought. He wanted to stay in it all day and refused to let Katie sit in it. She didn't seem to care much so we mostly avoided major squabbling. Ryan loved the cheetahs (he was fascinated by the fact that they are the fastest land animals - "you're kidding!" he said when I told him.) Then he started making up "poems" about each of the animals we saw. Mostly these were long monologues about whatever popped into his head at that given moment. This was all fine until Eric started making up poems about the animals and some un-called for comparisons were made between Mama and the pygmy hippopotamus.

I was fascinated by the gorillas - there were quite a lot of them in separated areas - two big silverback males and two babies. They were stunning and I could have watched them for hours.

The kids were really good on the 4.5 hour drive home and napped for awhile. I do think if I never see another episode of "The Wonder Pets" ever in my life it will be too soon.

Monday morning Eric took all three of the kids to school. Ryan said to him, "Hey Daddy, remember when we went to the zoo? It seems like it was just yesterday...."