9
Jun

Day 2

I might as well be honest about yesterday.  A ride finally brought me to tears!  For real!  The Swinging Gondolas on the giant Mickey Ferris Wheel put me over the edge.  Stephen put us up to all going on it and I agreed.  I hate ferris Wheels to begin with.  We were walking down the ramp towards the stationary gondolas that don’t swing and I took one look at James’ face and knew he wanted to do the swinging one.  You know the look.  So, I turned us all around and we waited and waited and finally got on one.  Yes – it is as bad as it sounds. You swing on rails and tip forward and back so you can see the ground way down below or worse yet, the water.  I think I have  created a whole new fear in my daughters.  sigh

Going up! This ride was off to a poor start. I was happy to see the ground!

 

Watching the princesses come in. Her whispered comment to me: She really talks!

Ariel is a favourite with the girls.

Jumpin' Jellyfish! No fear.

 

All 7, I mean 6 of us – sneaky Mr. Potato Head!

The ride my daughter Faith now fondly refers to as the “Tower of Death”.

 

A happy note to end the day.

 

Now that I’ve been so honest about my least favourite endless eternity moment of the day, my highlight was riding the tube ride in California park.  James and I were on each side of the doorway to the tube.  We got soaked and then we got drenched as we were all chuckling about how wet we were.  Too funny!  I could tell the two young ladies who shared our tube didn’t know what to make of us at first, but by the end we were all howling!

 Quick Edit to add:

Garnet told me after a ride, “That one was fine Mom. I wasn’t scared.  My body was a little bit scared though!”

Grace let me know that she was, “Almost scared after Pirates.”

Comments

  1. kim denis says

    You are brave! I have never dared to go on that ferris wheel….especially those swinging carts! Love the photo of Garnet on the Jellyfish!

  2. Oh Sheley! You are a much braver woman than I! I can’t believe you even got on that thing!!! I am sure that it will be a memory for your whole family:0)

  3. Yes, very brave Shelley!
    Mom

  4. I cant belive you let them talk you into that. you must love your kids more than i love mine cause i would never do that. too funny. love to see Grace’s face in all the pictures.

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