On Saturday, May 2, we drove up to Baltimore and went to the B & O railroad museum and spent the day (or half of it) with Thomas the train. Just to set the scenery, it was pouring down rain when we left the house around 9am. We went and got some breakfast and some coffee, juice and chocolate milk and then headed up to Baltimore (about 45 minutes away). A few months ago, we got tickets to ride a train that looked like Thomas, well sort of. Our tickets were for 11:30 am and we were told get there an hour early. We got there around 10:30 am and parked and went into the roundhouse. The museum is great and had a number of trains inside that you could walk around in and a number of trains outside (though, again it was pouring). They also had a number of Thomas the Train (TT) activities for the kids include a huge Lego train and town set up, Thomas trains and tracks, TT coloring station, TT temporary tattoos, Sir Topham Hatt and a TT gift shop. 
When it came for us to ride Thomas, it was still raining. Leo was really excited when he saw the train. The front of the train looked like Thomas and the rest of the train was comprised of Marc train cars (the commuter train line). We got on and waited for everyone else to get on and Leo kept saying “this take too long.” Once we started to go, Leo said “this train go faster?” For the first five minutes of the train ride, he kept asking if the train was going to go faster. He even asked the conductor that was walking around. The conducter said “No, we’re not going to go faster. We have one mile of track and we have to stretch this trip out for 25 minutes.” Now that is a slow train! One other thing…the Museum is not located in the best area of Baltimore so the scenery left something to be desired. We went two miles an hour in a Marc train car with sticker bushes and a parking lot on one side and dilapidated houses, mud, and sticker bushes on the other. Next time, I think we need to take Leo on a much faster train. He wants to go on a bullet train. I think we should go to New York.
On a some what unrelated note, but important to the story...Aidan was not excited about going on this trip at all. Because Leo loves trains, he thinks trains are for babies. We are now at that stage where it is hard to find things that they both will like. To be honest, I think he actually enjoyed himself he just didn't want to admit it. I'm also having a hard time getting Aidan to be supportive of Leo's excitement and be excited for him. I'm disappointed he can't say and with a smile, "yeah, Leo this is fun" even when he doesn't really mean it because it would mean a lot to Leo. I guess he is just being honest.
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