A day out with Azul (Thomas)

On August 15, we went to Crossroads Village, near Flint, to see Thomas . We told Madeline that Thomas was really Azul, Dora the Explorer's friend, who happens to be a little blue engine. Madeline has a story book that features little Azul and she likes pressing the buttons on the book to make Azul's whistle blow.

Here we are on the train. Madeline enjoyed looking out the windows and watching the scenery pass by. A man that was standing near the track surprised her at one point because she wasn't expecting him to be standing there. She said: "Whoa!"

Here's Madeline enjoying a little break by the black-eyed susans with Nana.

Maddie stayed in her stroller for a little bit, but she liked to be carried, too. There was lots to see at Crossroads besides the train. There were neat little gift shops and beautiful flowers! We also saw a huge carousel that we will ride when Madeline is a little older... that thing was flying!

Landon, Hunter and Michael enjoyed the inflatables. We watched them slide down a big ol' slide for a little while.

There were also a bunch of animals, including goats, sheep, donkeys, an alpaca and some horses (but we didn't go visit the horses).

This friendly little goat came right up to us as soon as we wheeled over by his pen. He had crazy goat eyes that were weird! Daddy fed the little goats some grass and the alpaca that came up to us... but a lady told him not to feed the animals any more... so ... daddy quit, but he huffed and puffed about it... for a day or so...

Ahh... check out Madeline's purple cone flower. Grammy picked it for her and she carried it around for quite awhile until she decided it looked tasty and we had to get rid of it.

It was very, very hot out on this particular day. Seems like we found cool places to sit down just as much as we walked around! Here we are by the black-eyed susans with Nana. Phewww... what a day! There's a sign for the Genesee Belle in the background. Maybe we will catch a ride on that next year and venture down the river. This year, we were BEAT by the HEAT!

Choo Choo! Chug-a-chug-a-chug... Choo Choo! See ya next year, Azul!