Thomas meets a "superstar"

Thomas met a superstar today...at least as far as he is concerned. We went to the aquarium today to meet some friends and we had a great time. We had not been out the house in a few days and today was our first Tuesday without school, so it was great! A few of Thomas' school friends were there along with some other friends. It was perfect! And to top it all off, I knew there was a possibility he would meet a (preschooler's) superstar...and he did!



I forgot my camera, so all I had was my cellphone, but it worked well enough. That's Thomas and his friend Eli along with Bob the Builder! Thomas was so excited and completely in awe. He just kept looking up at Bob and followed him wherever he went. It was great.

The aquarium folks were staging this picture of Bob surrounded by kids, but it was not good from a lighting perspective. Still you can see Thomas looking up at Bob...


There is a live Bob show in Charleston tomorrow and we will be there. I bought tickets before they even officially went on sale as a birthday gift for Thomas. He saw a little commercial on a video once of "Bob dancing" (it was a recording of the live show) and he loved it. He asked me to play "Bob dancing" over and over and over again. And even though he's not as into Bob as he once was, I know he's going to love the show tomorrow.

The Aquarium sent out a notice last Friday about a special members only event with Bob today at the aquarium to meet him and build a wooden sailboat. I called right after I got the email (about three hours after it was sent out) and the event was already booked up. I didn't realize until after I got home today that our names were on the waiting list (didn't know there was one!), but it was okay. I think all Thomas wanted to do was meet Bob and we accomplished that. We already had today's trip planned when I found out Bob would be there and I figured maybe if we hung around long enough he'd show up and he did. It was great.



Thomas didn't want to let Bob go. He just wanted to keep hanging out with him. Though he did ask me, "Why is Bob not talking?" :) I told him that Bob is going to sing and dance tomorrow and he needs to save his voice so he can sing for all the children.



I look forward to tomorrow and seeing how much Thomas (and Parker) enjoy the show. I know we won't be able to get up close and personal with Bob tomorrow so I'm so happy he had this little treat today!