It was June 2009 and my son was about to turn 2 years old. We took a trip to Toys R Us to pick up a gift or something. We were walking to the back of the store and went by the train section of the store. Nicholas got REALLY excited, so we stopped and he looked at everything and played with the train set they had on display. I was shocked at his enthusiasm about the trains. It was never a thought in my mind to get him trains as toys and he had never seen Thomas the Train on tv either.
I told my husband that night about Nicholas's reaction in the store. He wanted to see it for himself. So, that weekend we went to a different Toy's R Us store and we got the same reaction. We decided for his birthday to purchase the train table set which came with all sorts of wood track, trains & accessories. It was a HIT! He played with it everyday and just loved it.
We decided to introduce him to Thomas the Train and he fell in love with that as well. We found out Thomas was going to come out to a train museum somewhat close to our house in November of 2009. We thought it would be a great time and took him to go see Thomas.
That trip to Orange Empire Railway Museum was life-changing. Nicholas loved Thomas, no doubt, but the excitement he showed towards riding the REAL trains and checking out all the other things the museum had to offer was fantastic.
We decided to go back to the museum that December for their Santa Train. What a difference the event was in comparison to Thomas. The Thomas event was packed and totally crazy. The Santa Train was much calmer and a much more relaxed environment to be able to explore the grounds better. We had a great day checking out all the buildings and seeing all of the museum trains & trolleys. Nicholas...as well as us, had a great time.
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