Make a Smilebox slideshow

SeaWorld

W went to Sea World this weekend with his Dad. He had loads of fun and still talks about the size of Shamu. Between Thomas and Shamu, he is completely overloaded with stories.

Day out with Thomas

We had a very fun day out on Saturday. W, L, and I went to ride on Thomas (for those of you without children, he is a train). W was so excited. There were several activities--let me clarify--FREE activities. W was able to play with a variety of train sets, navigate himself through a hay maze (L went in and then turned around and came right back out), jump in a bounce house, and see a variety of snakes and lizards. He was much more interested in the snakes and lizards than I thought he would be. I had to peel him away so we wouldn't miss our train ride. Then W took a picture with Sir Topham Hatt and listened to a story. L had no interest in being photographed with Sir Topham Hatt nor listening to the story. She was very entertained by a bubble machine outside the story tent. Next, we had a picnic lunch. Lastly, the three of us went on the train ride with Thomas as our engine. Thomas pushed us across Lake Blackshear with all the children encouraging him by saying "Push, Thomas, Push" over and over. Then, with the children saying "Pull, Thomas, Pull", Thomas pulled us back across Lake Blackshear and into the station. And, of course, W had to get a new train--he added Henry to his growing collection.

Move over Brooke Burke

...there is a new dancing star stealing the show. I especially enjoyed her sound effects for her turns. She even stops to acknowledge her audience--Zoe, that is.

The Fair

William took his first trip to the fair this weekend. We started the day with the pony ride. William has been intrigued by horses lately. He wants one for the backyard. We'll, that definitely isn't going to happen so, a pony ride was the next best thing. After the ride, he needed a hat to be an official cowboy. He is so handsome in his hat. Then, William's eye was caught by the tugboat ride and he had to get on the boat. Afterwards we rode the Ferris Wheel and some jerky break-your-neck- ride. After the break-your-neck ride William said "that hurt me". We then headed to the kiddie section. William was very excited to drive the trucks on the track--he did this one twice. Then, he rode the carousel. After that we did this gravity jump thing. William was put in a harness and then lifted up by some sort of hydraulic bungee cords to an inflated trampoline. He was starting to jump and get into the swing of things when he all of a sudden went as high as the bungee could take him--about 25 feet--where he stayed for about 5 minutes. Supposedly, one of the undereducated, two-hours off the bottle carnies left some valve open. William was very brave and didn't appear concerned by his unusually high situation. After that fiasco, William was insistent on the bumper cars--I gladly took him. In between the rides, William played a few games and won some stuffed animals. Next we hit the water in a paddle boats; William had fun controlling the direction the boat went. And, finally, we wrapped up the day watching the barrel races--this was a huge hit for both William and Lauren (Finally, something for Lauren to enjoy. While William was enjoying the fair, Lauren was tooling around in her stroller with Grandma.) Not only did they enjoy the racing horses but, they also enjoyed the tractors smoothing the arena dirt back out.