A day out with THOMAS!

On Sunday, we were treated to a "Day out with Thomas" (thanks, Mom and Dad!). It doesn't happen very often that attractions like this one are even remotely in our area. Except for this time - Yeah!. So we trekked over to the beautiful Black Hills and enjoyed a Family Day! It was the last day of the event, and we didn't get there until later in the afternoon, so it wasn't crowded, no wait times anywhere, and we even got free Corn Dogs, as they had to get rid of them!
Alex and Elia were VERY excited, Nico and Anya thought it was pretty much Baby stuff (after all, we're EIGHT and NINE! years old). Nina was just happy to be out and about with her favorite people :-)
Here we are with THOMAS!
"All Aboard!!"
Nina is hanging out with Elia and "Yopa" (=Grandpa)
After the train ride we visited the Magic Show. Elia and Anya got to help with some tricks!
Nope, they didn't have any fun at all!! :-))
Then they played with these train sets
And you can see that Nico STILL didn't have any fun *ha*
The girls got their faces painted (the boys did too, but a bit later)
And we went to see Sir Topham Hat. Nina didn't even want to get CLOSE to that guy!!
This was Alex' favorite part!

We were literally the last ones to leave. We heard that earlier in the week it had been so crowded, and as you can see, there was hardly anybody left when we were there. It was perfect!
We didn't get home until very late that night, and even though the kids slept, Monday was not exactly a harmonious day around our house.
It was one of those days when God's mercies that are new every morning seem to have run out by about 10am and are not renewed until everyone is asleep *sigh*.
Today is a new day, and our last day before school starts tomorrow. The kids are happily playing right now while I'm posting this.
I'm counting on his grace being enough for me today. And the kids, too ;-))
Off to eat breakfast!