Today we spent 45 minutes in a line to ride a 1 minute ride. No seriously. It was one of the only rides we could all four go on but we had no idea it was so short. It was worth it though because Casey J said it was “Awesome”. He used that word a lot today when he was having a good time. We spent a lot of time in the “warmer” kiddie pools which gave me horrible flash backs to when I spent one summer actually working at Schlitterbahn. I recall pretending not to notice the floater while some other poor soul of a lifeguard had to go find the bright orange “hazard” bag, but that’s another story for another time.
The boys had a blast and we ate our lunch we had taken into the park (note – an icebox with WHEELS on it would be some pretty sweet property to own when walking miles from the parking to the entrance then down the steps, many steps to the picnic grounds) and even took the tram across to the other half of the park. When I used to work there I remember just making sure kids weren’t drowning, now I’m not worried really about that but just keeping an eye on them. I still have panic attacks when the boys are out of my eye sight for more than a few minutes.
Z Man is going to get some more cash from the Tooth Fairy tonight. We were standing in line to go on a tube ride and he smiled at me when I noticed his tooth hanging by a thread. After doing the shudder I asked him if his tooth was ready to fall out and he immediately grabbed hold of that puppy and pulled it right out. Then he handed it to me. Again without a tissue or something to put it in, but this time I really had nothing to put it in. I ended up being able to put it in my swimsuit shorts and keep a hand on it and the other hand on his tube during the ride. We made it to the bottom with the tooth still in my shorts where we transferred it to a secret container in the ice box. Oh parenting is just full of surprises..
Tomorrow we head to SA for more fun.
Today we spent 45 minutes in a line to ride a 1 minute ride. No seriously. It was one of the only rides we could all four go on but we had no idea it was so short. It was worth it though because Casey J said it was “Awesome”. He used that word a lot today when he was having a good time. We spent a lot of time in the “warmer” kiddie pools which gave me horrible flash backs to when I spent one summer actually working at Schlitterbahn. I recall pretending not to notice the floater while some other poor soul of a lifeguard had to go find the bright orange “hazard” bag, but that’s another story for another time.
The boys had a blast and we ate our lunch we had taken into the park (note – an icebox with WHEELS on it would be some pretty sweet property to own when walking miles from the parking to the entrance then down the steps, many steps to the picnic grounds) and even took the tram across to the other half of the park. When I used to work there I remember just making sure kids weren’t drowning, now I’m not worried really about that but just keeping an eye on them. I still have panic attacks when the boys are out of my eye sight for more than a few minutes.
Z Man is going to get some more cash from the Tooth Fairy tonight. We were standing in line to go on a tube ride and he smiled at me when I noticed his tooth hanging by a thread. After doing the shudder I asked him if his tooth was ready to fall out and he immediately grabbed hold of that puppy and pulled it right out. Then he handed it to me. Again without a tissue or something to put it in, but this time I really had nothing to put it in. I ended up being able to put it in my swimsuit shorts and keep a hand on it and the other hand on his tube during the ride. We made it to the bottom with the tooth still in my shorts where we transferred it to a secret container in the ice box. Oh parenting is just full of surprises..
Tomorrow we head to SA for more fun.
