Train on the brain

Maybe it's my fault for taking him to Barnes and Nobles to play with the trains a little too often, but Caleb is obsessed with Thomas the train.  Granted, he likes trains as a whole, but he can spot Thomas from a mile away. For Christmas or his birthday in February, we were thinking of getting him the Thomas train table.  Unfortunately, they are the most expensive kind to get.  I wouldn't mind getting him an off-brand train table but I am wondering if those tracks are compatible with Thomas and friends trains?  He has a little mini wooden train set but Thomas doesn't fit right on the tracks.  I also would LOVE for the tracks to already be permanently attached to the table.  Does anyone have any advice for me?  Should I get the Thomas brand or the off brand?  I have also been looking on Craigslist but I haven't found anything that fits my criteria...not to mention that I am still trying to figure out where we are going to put this table...haha.  

I hope you all have a fantabulous weekend.  We have some cleaning and organizing in store for us.  But tomorrow our neighbors are coming over for dinner and I am so excited to play hostess for the evening.  I am going to make baked pasta, salad and bread with whoopie pies for dessert!  I will post the baked pasta recipe next week because it is gooood and super easy.

See ya Monday!