Why exactly would this Momma wake up early on a Saturday and drive 45 minutes just to walk around in the cold and rain?

Answer:  For the love of this little face…

and consequently, for his love of this face…

We not only saw Thomas, we RODE on Thomas!

(He looks like such a big boy sitting there...when did that happen?)

Lincoln was so precious on the 25 minute train ride and basically sat on my lap and watched out the window the whole time.  This momma LOVED the snuggle time!  And he also discovered the fun you can have with a fogged up window.  Such a precious reminder to me that I need to slow down and enjoy these discoveries with him…there’s nothing like it!

My little “choo-choo” loving boy was a little overwhelmed and very intense about seeing every. single. train.  He even got a Thomas tattoo (which he was very proud of).

There was so much Thomas everywhere we looked.  But the thing that made Link the most excited were the REAL trains going by.  Every inch of him was excited about those 🙂

There was even a petting zoo, which he totally loved!

Link kept saying "Hi goat". SO cute!

If his lips look blue in these photos, it’s because they were.  This momma did not look too carefully at the forecast…because ya know, it’s Iowa so you can’t trust the weather man too much (no offense of course).  So I knew it was supposed to be cooler then the day before, but I didn’t know how much cooler.  Anyway, it was in the 50’s and raining, and we had no umbrella or warm jackets or appropriate footwear, but we had SO MUCH FUN anyway!  And I prayed about the situation the whole way there and it was only sprinkling for the first 1/2 hour which gave us enough time to see everything Link was interested in before it started really raining.  It was such a special Mommy/Son thing to do and I loved spending that time with just him and watching his little eyes take it all in and studying his precious little face as it would light up.  Ahh…does this mommy’s heart good!

Love you, my choo-choo lovin’ boy!