The museum is having a month long event called "Day Out With Thomas" and has "brought" Thomas and many of his friends for a visit. Sir Topham Hatt is there with 5 story telling sessions a day. There is also a play area setup with low tables and all the imaginable Thomas train sets. An under 3s area is also setup to keep the younger ones entertained.
During the story telling sessions with Sir Topham Hatt, he takes the children for short walks around the museum and also has songs incorporated. When he was leading the song "She'll be coming round the mountain", he'd pause each time to ask the children what the carriages were holding. Aaron stuck his hand up in the air each time and I thought to myself that he really has come along way in a year.
BUT. When Sir Topham Hatt asked him what the carriages were holding, he yelled out "Brown Stuff!!!".
That was when I activated my thick mom-skin and shrink to shrink and blend in with the crowd. What could he mean by "Brown Stuff"? My mind immediately went to the worst possible meaning. He made the suspense even worse when he giggled loudly as Sir Topham Hatt asked "What sort of Brown Stuff?"
"Its *giggle* *giggle* *giggle*....its...*giggle* *giggle*....WORMS!"
PHEW!
You can't imagine the relief I felt. Everybody knows that the only predictable thing about kids are that they are UN-predictable. Phew! again....
Here's Aaron telling Sir Topham Hatt that the Island of Sodor is not real...
Real or not, Thomas is still a favorite...
Photo op with Donald...
Here's a photo of all the little tables. I'll have to take Aaron back on a weekday when its not so crowded.
And here's a final one of Adrian...
6 comments:
I'm assuming since you uploaded pictures your internet is working again.
YES! Each time we exceed our download/upload quota for the month, we're knocked back to dial up speeds until the end of the month. After that, everything is back to normal again.
Great post! I loved the picture of Adrian with the wheelbarrow! Our newspaper says that Brisbane is nearly "cut off" by the flooding in Queensland. Are you all okay?
I'm sure in his lil' devious mind of his, he's thinking the same kind of brown stuff all of us are thinking of! However, instead of saying what he's thinking and he knows that everyone is thinking of the same thing, he said "worms" to surprise you/everyone. You should have yelled, "you mean it's not poop?!" :-D
Bilbo - Actually, its Rockhampton (650km from Brisbane) that is cut off. Brisbane has been quite dry these past few days but up north, they are bracing for the river to reach its peak tomorrow I think.
NomadicExpat - Yes, I think he saw me giving him "The Look".
Lucas would love this museum, he's a fan now and has got quite a few of the toys.
What's the monthly data usage quota, how fast is it n how much u r paying for ur broadband? It's pretty slow here but I've downloaded a few full hi def movies, like a 19gB transformers
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