Day Out With Thomas

We went to Day Out With Thomas not to long ago. We did this years ago with Ella and decided to do it again with Paige. Paige doesn't have the same Thomas obsession that her sister had, but she does like choo choo trains. 

Paige is getting to the age where it's actually fun to take her somewhere instead of tons of work. Well, don't get me wrong, it's still exhausting, but it is so fun to see her experience new things. There is just something about seeing this stuff through a child's eyes that makes the exhaustion worthwhile. 

I was worried Ella would think this event was too babyish, but she was a trooper. She ended up really enjoying herself. 

It was only about a 20 minute train ride which was the perfect length for Paige. 

Enjoying the lovely French Lick scenery

After lunch and a walk around the hotel we headed home. There was lots of reminiscing about our Polar Express train rides from the past. French Lick will always hold a special place in our hearts because of Polar Express and all the fun we had together. 

Holiday World 2017

We headed to Holiday World a few weekends ago with my family for a day of fun. I wasn't even planning on taking Paige, but decided to go on a whim. I am so glad we did, because it ended up being the best day. Paige was not a Holiday World fan at the beginning of the summer, but she quickly figured out just how fun Holiday World can be. 

Paige and I arrived a couple hours earlier than everyone else so that gave her plenty of time to ride the fishy ride over and over and over. It's her favorite, and she still talks about it to this day. 

Once everyone else arrived we ate lunch and hit up some of the bigger rides. Ella and Autumn love the spinning rides. Autumn is a dare devil and loves the roller coasters. Ella isn't as big of fan, but she rode the Raven twice on the way out. It's hard to believe these two are big enough to sit together on the roller coasters now. 

It was the last weekend the water park was open, and the water felt so good. We mostly stayed in the wave pool area which worked out well. My dad watched Paige while Ella and I played in the waves. 

Paige was not a fan of our pool this summer, but she loved the shallow part of the wave pool. She even made her way out to where the water was to her waist. 

We went over and introduced Paige to the little slides. I was afraid Ella would think they were too babyish, but she was a good sport about it. 

I have no idea when she became big enough to do these on her own. She went down MANY times and threw a fit when it was time to go. 

Paige and I headed out earlier than everyone else since she had about reached her limit for the day. We couldn't leave without another five rides on the fish. It ended up being a fun (exhausting) day with great memories made!