First off, thanks to everyone who emailed me about my last post. I forget that not everyone has grown up with close connections to adoption like I have, and therefore does not have the same perspective as me. (My sister and her husband adopted their first child when I was 14, so I always had wonderful feelings, and appreciation for birth parents, and adoption.) I was happy that so many of you emailed me to say that my last post was educational, and helpful. I should have written that post a long time ago, but I guess I thought you were all mind readers, or something ;)
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We had a fun time at Lagoon on Friday. Zeke wanted to ride everything, but then he found reasons not to after waiting in the lines. The boats were the first ride we tried. They were my favorite when I was little, and they are the mildest ride there. Zeke thought they looked fun, but when Jimmy was helping him in, he said, “What if it sinks when I’m in it?” We couldn’t convince him that they wouldn’t sink, so Lilly rode without him.
We were nervous she’d be scared, but Lilly was so happy, she loved the boats, and didn’t want to get out! It was priceless to see her cute face, happily riding in the boat ride that I loved so much as a child!
She was equally cute in the whale ride :)
Zeke did do the car ride, and he enjoyed it. He was so cute driving his car! He wanted to do the flying airplanes, but when he was going to get in, he said, “What if they drop really fast, and break?” It’s so funny because he’s such a thrill seeker, but he’s also so much like me in that he thinks about things a lot. I use to be afraid of rides breaking, or malfunctioning when I was on them too, and I’d pray before getting on that they wouldn’t break, and that we wouldn’t fall out.
Zeke really wanted to ride this one, but he was about 4 inches too short. I wonder if he would have changed his mind with this one because he was so persistent and hopeful that they’d let him ride it.
Zeke wanted to run in the water fountain, but only if Jimmy went with him.
What a great daddy!