You're About to be Redirected to the New Home of Ground Control to Major Mom: A Thomas-Themed Scrapbook. Really? Yes, really.

How crazy are we? My next scrapbook project is to use this lovely Thomas-the-Tank-Engine-themed scrapbook I got many years ago as a gift (I honestly don't remember where/when I got it). I opened it up recently after several years of it sitting with my other unused scrapbooks...and counted TWENTY available pages.

Could I possibly come up with 20 pages of Thomas?

To quote our favorite former Alaska governor: "You Betcha!" (insert wink and thumbs-up here)

We've been to enough Thomas-themed events, had enough Thomas-themed birthday parties, and gotten enough Thomas-themed toys to make a fun 20-page scrapbook. Over the years I'd slowly accumulated Thomas-themed decorative papers, stickers and die-cuts. I'd also accumulated generic-train-themed items. It was time to put them to use! My boys have attended Thomas events every year since 2003! I also have plenty of pictures of Thomas birthday cakes (3 of them), Thomas toys, and a photo collection of the Thomas-themed clothing they have...to include Grandma Fox's homemade pants and the Vans-style slip-on shoes she got in Hong Kong.

Yesterday I chose about 100 pictures from my photo files and sent them over to Walgreen's for developing. I knocked out 6 pages and it was so much fun going down memory lane! I predict that my boys won't be wanting to do this for much longer -- Jacob already has outgrown Thomas and sticks to "prototype" toy trains. Timmy still is enthralled with the magic of Thomas, and lucky for us, we found a TINY little narrow gauge tourist railroad in Alabama that hosts the event in the springtime if Timmy's still interested.

Here's the cover of the book -- it's a cool 3-D chipboard Thomas.

From 2010 09 01 Thomas Train Scrapbook

And here are the pages so far. 4 years, 4 different venues. The next page I'm doing is from 2007, not a Thomas train ride, but our trip to "Thomas Live!" in Raleigh: