Day Out With Thomas...Ian Style

Today was a wonderful day with my Ian.  It's rare that Neil or I take the twins out by themselves other than to run errands, so today I took Ian to Day Out With Thomas at the Railroad museum.
He seemed a little confused when we left without the others and drove longer than usual.  He was so quiet in the back seat I thought he had fallen asleep.  All that changed as soon as we drove past the train museum to the parking area.  From that moment on, he barely stopped babbling the entire time.

Ian doesn't have a lot of words that I understand, but today he got to use a few that he does have.  I think he said "choo train" about a thousand times, there were Thomas "balloons" everywhere for him to point out, and there was even a "duck" in the petting zoo.

Seeing his excitement all day literally made me want to cry.  I have seen Tristan like this so many times.  We take him everywhere and he has done everything. The twins have been a lot of places, but mostly from the view of the stroller.  I guess that's the story for most kids other than the first born, at least for the first few years.  Now that the twin's personalities are really coming out, it's neat to know what activities they would really enjoy.  Finn and Ian are so different and it was nice to do something that Ian would love so much today.  Could all of the boys have come and had a good time?  Sure.  Would the others have loved it like Ian?  No way.  This way he got to soak it up just how he wanted to and just at his pace.

He played to nicely with the other kids in the train table tent, but you could tell me his the youngest child at home.  No other kids were hoarding trains under one arm while playing with the other.  He has learned to keep a stash handy because more than likely his first toy will be taken away.  That Ian... always prepared. 












I love learning more about my kids and what things interest them.  I can't wait to do more of these days with Ian, and of course with Finn as well ;)

Ian with his new train.  He didn't put it down for hours

While we were on the bus pulling out of the train museum, Ian said the longest phrase he has said to date, "Bye Choo.  Miss you."  This mama's heart was happy to hear a complete thought out of that sweet little mind!