{"id":461,"date":"2010-09-02T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/09\/a-thomas-themed-scrapbook-really-yes-really.html"},"modified":"2010-09-02T14:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T14:01:00","slug":"a-thomas-themed-scrapbook-really-yes-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/09\/a-thomas-themed-scrapbook-really-yes-really.html","title":{"rendered":"A Thomas-Themed Scrapbook. Really? Yes, really."},"content":{"rendered":"
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How crazy are we?  My next scrapbook project is to use this lovely Thomas-the-Tank-Engine<\/a>-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.<\/p>\n

Could I possibly come up with 20 pages of Thomas?<\/i><\/p>\n

To quote our favorite former Alaska governor: “You Betcha!” (insert wink and thumbs-up here) <\/p>\n

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<\/a> and the Vans-style slip-on shoes<\/a> she got in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

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”<\/a> 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<\/a> that hosts the event in the springtime if Timmy’s still interested.<\/p>\n

Here’s the cover of the book — it’s a cool 3-D chipboard Thomas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 09 01 Thomas Train Scrapbook<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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!”<\/a> in Raleigh:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This is my favorite Thomas picture!  I believe this was 2006, based on Timmy’s shoe’s.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From 2010 09 01 Thomas Train Scrapbook<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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2003. The 3 pics on the left are our attempts to get J to look at the camera!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From 2010 09 01 Thomas Train Scrapbook<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 09 01 Thomas Train Scrapbook<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Trying out my new “Toy Train” font in the title.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From 2010 09 01 Thomas Train Scrapbook<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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In the upper right, J’s laughing hysterically, not crying or screaming.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From 2010 09 01 Thomas Train Scrapbook<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 09 01 Thomas Train Scrapbook<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[26,101,53],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-7r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":665,"url":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/11\/timmys-first-year-scrapbook-finally.html","url_meta":{"origin":461,"position":0},"title":"Timmy’s First Year Scrapbook, Finally!","date":"05 November 11","format":false,"excerpt":"Dave Update: \u00a0Friday was a pretty good day for him. \u00a0He was able to rest very comfortably, and after the kids came home from school he walked up and down our block -- the kids walked the dog. \u00a0With the back brace he's keeping very nice posture while he back\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"crafts\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-F5LEv9hGDxs\/TrSkV4ehHdI\/AAAAAAABbEg\/XFHF_XwvzSk\/s640\/IMG_6086.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":666,"url":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/11\/timmys-scrapbook-day-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":461,"position":1},"title":"Timmy’s Scrapbook, Day 2","date":"06 November 11","format":false,"excerpt":"Dave Update: \u00a0With the kids at home to help Dave (most of the help he needs now is picking up stuff that he's dropped, by the way), I was able to go back out to the weekend crop on Saturday and take advantage of a few more hours of making\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"crafts\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bE2F55APspI\/Trare5zsiLI\/AAAAAAABbUU\/ROx_LvxUJvE\/s640\/IMG_6094.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":55,"url":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/floating-heads.html","url_meta":{"origin":461,"position":2},"title":"Floating Heads","date":"24 January 08","format":false,"excerpt":"Dave said I should talk about this one. 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