Fun Day Wednesday!

The detail was amazing!

Of course Luke's favorite train was Thomas

So excited when Daddy surprised us!

We had a great outing today!  The Train exhibit at Cheekwood has been there since April but we have been waiting until fall to go.  Today has been on the calendar for over a month!  Luke was so excited...the first thing he said when he woke up this morning was "today is Cheekwood day!"  Mom took a day off of work to join us and Paula came, too.  We had a wonderful time.  It was cloudy but comfortable.  Luke was great and Katherine was, too.  We absolutely loved the trains!  The workmanship on the tracks and buildings was unbelievable.  There were several trains that ran and one was Thomas!  That made Luke's day.  He ran around and around "chasing" the trains.  He did not put up much of a fight when we decided to go walk around in the gardens.  He loved the waterfalls and ponds.  He also liked climbing all the stairs -- the adults not so much! 

We stayed for a couple of hours and then headed to Dalt's for lunch.  We were so excited when Paul joined us.  Luke and Katherine were so surprised!  Both kids did great at lunch.  The waitress spoiled them which was fun.  After lunch we all headed home for naps.  Paula stayed to help get Luke down.  I think they read twenty books!  I thought Katherine would go down easy but she was having nothing to do with it.  She played and played.  About the time she finally gave in Paula left.  Luke woke up shortly after that and was so upset that Nene was not there anymore.  He was crying and kept saying " I miss her".  I got him to lay back down on the playroom couch but he never really went back to sleep.  Katherine did sleep about two hours which was nice. 

We had an awesome day and should do more things like that!  The Scarecrow exhibit is coming to Cheekwood in October so we hope to get back to see them and visit the trains again.  I would highly recommend a visit!