Planes, Trains and...

...well, there were no automobiles, really, but oh well! Justus' second birthday is tomorrow and as a pre-birthday celebration we had an action-packed (well, in our world) weekend planned for him! On Saturday, we went to watch part of the annual RAF (Royal Air Force) Air Show. There is a base just a few miles from St. Andrews and we could watch all the action from the beach in town. So we knew it was a win-win combo with the beach and big airplanes! The air show lasted all day, but we decided to watch the military planes. They were super loud and doing some seriously amazing tricks! Justus had his eyes glued to the sky (well, until he realized how close the water was and then he was distracted by running into the waves!).
He was really proud to show off the shells he had collected while we were hanging out there!Then on Sunday, we had booked tickets for "A Day Out with Thomas" (the train), who he loves. We drove to a local train station where they had life-sized versions of Thomas, Percy and some of his other friends. Justus and I both had the very first train ride of our lives! It was on an old steam train and it was SUPER SLOW, but Justus loved it, of course!
Meeting Thomas...
He even got to help give Thomas a drink of water. Too cute!
There were lots of activities for the kids to do there, including a train museum that was at the station. Justus loved walking onto the old trains and pulling the levers and turning the wheels.
Then when we got home we let him open a few of his birthday gifts early - his own wooden train track and tunnel for all his trains! He has been playing with it non-stop ever since!!