Elias is napping!

In his crib! Which gives me a little time to post a few images from the past few weekends.  After a recent, napless "mommy day" we headed to Rubio's for an early dinner on a Friday afternoon.

The following weekend we stocked up at Costco.

And most recently, we hit Babies R Us to look for a water table to add to Elias's limited collection of outdoor play equipment.

Yep, it's been a pretty exciting couple of weeks around here.

a day out with Thomas

Just as Elias's interest in Thomas was starting to wane (meaning he still really, really likes it, he's just no longer obsessed), we finally made it to a Day Out With Thomas event.  We considered hitting an east coast venue during our May trip to Connecticut but decided our host family would probably not enjoy it as much as some of us.  The closest location to us was the Roaring Camp Railroads in Felton, near Santa Cruz, a bit of a hike for what turned out to be a day-long adventure a week and a half before our move, but well worth the effort.  Especially considering Psycho Donuts is on the way.  I'm a big fan of ridiculous donuts (my fave so far is in Escondido, where Elias's Uncle Ryan, Aunt Kelly, and cousin Maddie live...Hey, isn't it about time for a family reunion?).

The donuts were a big hit all around but our little detour (adding to the fact that we made a "quick" stop at Home Depot on our way out) put us behind schedule and we barely made our train.  But once we got on and caught our breath, we all enjoyed listening to familiar Thomas tunes during the rather short train ride.

After the train arrived back at the station we lined up to get off and made our way from the number ten car we were in to the front where Thomas was positioned.

My main disappointment, other than running late and rushing to the train (I would have rather done all the stuff we did after our train ride, which started right around nap-time, before) was that we couldn't really get an up close and personal experience with the Thomas engine.  There was a line for folks who wanted a professional photo taken (of course) and really no other way to get much closer than this:

One of these days we're just going to spring for the official photo ops. Maybe.  After our train ride and peek at Thomas, we spent another hour and a half or so wandering the grounds, enjoying some barbecue for lunch and a photo op with a large, inflatable Percy.

Here's Elias enjoying his favorite vegetable (corn on the cob is a vegetable, right?).

Of course we had to wait in line to take a picture with Percy.

But at least it was free.