the adventures of Will & Evie: November 7-13, 2010

On Sunday, we took Will and Evie up to the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, CA. Why, you ask? Because that's where they were having the Day Out with Thomas. Yes, that Thomas. We told Will we'd be going to look at trains, but not exactly what was going on because we wanted it to be a surprise. He was SUPER surprised.

There was a real, live, full-sized, working Thomas engine there. While we waited in line to buy tickets, Will watched as Thomas drove by a few times.

THAT'S THOMAS BACK THERE.

The first thing we did was ride on the train. The actual train that the actual Thomas pulled. Do you know how exciting this was for Will? I'll give you a hint.

Evie also enjoyed the ride on Thomas, but I don't think she understood the significance of the event.

After we rode on Thomas, we walked around and looked at the other things the Day Out had to offer. The museum had lots of little kid-sized replicas of old LA trolleys. Will waited, very patiently I might add, to ring the bell on this trolley.

And when it was his turn, that stupid jerk dad took the string and handed it to his kid. And I was all, "Dude, it was my kid's turn." And the guy didn't speak English, so I couldn't get into a shouting match with him. Lame. Will was okay with it though, he just left and we found other things to look at, like this trolley.

And this super old engine. There was a railroad museum volunteer there that let Will hold the oil can for the picture.

Evie would like to let you know that if the sun is in your eyes and you cry a lot, you can probably get your dad to act as a sun shade for you.

Toward the end of the day, as some of the people filtered out (holy crap, there were A LOT of people there), we found that the line to go meet Thomas was pretty short. Here's Will waving at Thomas as he pulled back into the station.

Do you see Thomas back there?

Seriously guys, it's Thomas.

I have to make sure he's still there.

Doing a Thomas dance

As we were walking back to the apartment, Will said, "Mommy, this was a beautiful and special day." It sure was buddy.

On Monday, we were still recovering from our Day Out with Thomas.

On Tuesday, we went on a walk.

Lorne dressed Will. That's all I'm saying.

What are you implying, Mom?

Anyway, we went on a walk. Will went on the swings and down the slide.

When we got home, Evie made some faces.

On Wednesday, we took no pictures. But after his nap time, I asked Will if he wanted to go on a walk or go on a drive to the store, and he picked going to the store. We got stuck in traffic and a trip that usually takes 15 minutes took about an hour. Will passed the time by spelling out the letters on signs and then asking me what the words spelled. At one point, Will spelled out, "G-E-N-T-L-E-M-E-N-S-C-L-U-B. What does that spell Mommy?"

At least it didn't say "L-I-V-E-N-U-D-E-X-X-X."

On Thursday, Lorne took the kids to the zoo in the morning. No pictures, but it's probably for the best, as the tortoises were doing what was probably just being advertised inside the Gentlemen's Club from the night before.

During Will's bath Thursday evening, Lorne and Will were playing a game where Will set up some of his bath toys in a particular pattern, then Lorne would mess them all up. Then Will re-set them up in the original pattern. We were pretty impressed with how well he remembered his original pattern. At one point, in mock frustration (he was smiling as he said it), after Lorne rearranged his toys Will said, "Oh, Tootsie Rolls!"

Perhaps it's a good thing he's almost out of Halloween candy.

On Friday, Evie wore a dress.

Will wore his "Eyes of the Tiger" t-shirt. He also told Lorne, "Daddy, you're my best friend ever."

Evie was shocked.

On Saturday, we watched The Sound of Music. Will has been on a "Doe a Deer" kick for awhile (he sings it, loudly, everywhere - in the car, in the living room, at the grocery store, on walks) so we popped it in after nap time to have on in the background while we played. During the scene where the children are singing "So Long, Farewell" Will sat on his knees in front of the TV. "Where are they going Mommy?" he asked.

"They're going to bed, so they're singing a goodnight song to the people at the party," I said.

"Oh, I miss them already!" he exclaimed. We really should just have a video camera running on him at all times so we can catch things like this. Anyway, no pictures of Sound of Music fest, but here are a couple of Evie.

Evie sat in the chair for a little while.