I don't know when it started, but the Thomas the Train frenzy also got hold of Oliver. It's easy to understand why kids loveThomas & Friends, with its colourful trains and different characters, and of course the host of merchandise like t-shirts, train sets, books and videos, and catchy tunes.And of course the musical. We had wanted to bring Oliver to watch the musical after learning that it would come to Singapore in early December, but didn't want to get the tickets early in case he falls sick on the day of the show, and also waiting for more discounts in case ticket sale is bad (it didn't happen).
So we booked the tickets on the morning of the Friday matinee show, picking up Oliver earlier than usual from Delcare. When we reached the indoor stadium, there are already a lot of kids and parents queueing to go in.
We got the very last row of the circus seat, lest Oliver is afraid of the loud noise or stage actors. The stage was pretty far away, but luckily Thomas, James, Percy and Gordon came on, we could all see clearly, as they, being trains, had to be big. I could see that Oliver was quietly excited during the whole show, and towards the end of the show, he was clapping along.
We had known that Nate and his mom would be there as well. After the show, we met up for dinner at Brewerkz at Stadium Cove. Oliver and Nate had a great time jumping on puddles of water and running about. Nate's mom told us that Nate is quite a fanatic, he could recognise and name all the characters of the series. That's quite amazing as there could easily be more than 50 of them.
