September 13, 2009 - DAY OUT WITH THOMAS

You only have to spend about 5 minutes with me to figure out that I absolutely, positively LOVE trains. One in particular has really peaked my interest--THOMAS THE TANK!!

When we heard that Thomas was going to be visiting the Strasburg area, we bought tickets right away! Here are some highlights from my special day.

We were only in the parking lot, but things were already exciting!!!

The first thing I saw was the huge water tower!

Then, we saw this cool caboose.

And then......look who we saw chugging down the track!!!!

We had some time before our scheduled train ride,

so we stopped to meet Sir Topham Hat. He's a little less scary on TV!!!

THOMAS!!!!!!!!!

Peek-a-boo!

ALL ABOARD!!!

Mommy and PopPop were almost as excited as me!

Time to get the tickets ready to hand to the conductor.

CHEESE!

My ticket is ready!

I LOVE THOMAS THE TRAIN!!

There were so many sights to see.

Boo hoo....our ride on Thomas is over.

Now it's time to go on another train ride on the Strasburg Railroad line.

ALL ABOARD!!

We passed Thomas as we were pulling out of the station.

Check out this huge engine we passed.

Grandmom and PopPop were having such a great time.

I got some new trains at the Thomas store before we boarded.

Look at all the smoke and steam that the big engine created!!

MOOOooooooo!

Here is the engine that was pulling us.

Here's the conductor.

It's time to head home.

It's time for sweet dreams about trains, tracks, and THOMAS!!

What a great day! : )

Summer 2009 House Project

So.....as most of you know by now, I'm going to be a BIG BROTHER pretty soon!

Throughout the summer, we've been doing a lot of demolition around the house to get ready for our new family member.

First order of business.....move the office UPSTAIRS!

In order to make that happen, we had to add insulation, knock down walls and rebuild them differently, prime, paint, etc. etc. etc.

Here are some pictures of the process.....

There used to be a full wall here. A half-wall is more functional for this space.

Originally, there was no insulation up here...not anymore!

Sheet rock is up. Ready for MUD!

Half-wall is complete.

Goodbye Blue....Hello Neutral!

Finished (yet still unvacuumed) room!

Let the moving of computers and furniture commence!!

MOVING ON.......

Now that the office has been moved upstairs, the old office is ready to become my

BIG BOY ROOM!!!! I am soooo excited!

Here are the BEFORE colors.

While Daddy primed the walls, Thomas and I chugged along the "track".

Isn't this a great color??

Carpet has been installed. It's soooo soft on my piggies!!!

I have a room with a view!

My BIG BOY BED!!!!!

My new bed is a great place to get some reading done.

I LOVE my new room!! : )

Thank you Daddy, PopPop, Uncle Al, and Uncle Albert (Builder Al) for working together to get our house ready for me and my new Baby Brother or Sister.

Your hard work is VERY appreciated!!!!