Phew....its been busy around here!!! Two little ones and one puppy make for some busy days. But I did want to document our first vacation before it got away from me...so here goes...
Several weeks ago we had traveled on our first vacation since Jaelah has been home. I will be honest here...I was NERVOUS about how this would all go down. Jaelah still has some struggles she's working through and I just didn't want this time away to regress her at all. So....I prepared her the best I could...I mean I went above and beyond to set this up for success for her. I knew we needed to get away and Jae-min needed it too, but I also know what "vacation" means to a child who struggles with securities still. We loaded up the car as prepared as we could be, and with fingers crossed, off we went!!!! The kids were happy and excited and fell asleep 1/2 way there...good planning on our part.
My parents had rented a house which was awesome for Jaelah as we made it as comfy and "homelike" as we could for her. Our first adventure was to Storyland where the kids had a BLAST!!! I thought this sign summed it all up.
Jae-min wanted to go on the RIDES.....and by rides I mean BIG BOY RIDES!!!! He had woken up early that morning soooooo excited to go on rides like a big boy....and thats what he did. He had a blast!!! I think he rode on every ride in that park. From a roller coaster, to a raft ride, to the flume he rode it all. And daddy was his companion on all those BIG BOY rides!!!!
Jaelah enjoyed the rides on the smaller scale with mommy. She was comfy to hang out in her stroller and watch big bro scale those biggies. Oh and of course to shake it and show her belly to cheer big bro on!!!
Here go those crazy boys on the flume ride. I will admit my mommy heart was in my throat as I watched their log climb the great big hill....but I think it flew out of my chest as they plummeted DOWN the big hill. Jae-min's face was priceless!!! It honestly looked like he was going to sail out of the log!!! As he ran to me with a huge smile and wet clothes I saw the pure joy that adrenaline gave him....think I'm in trouble!!!
A great time was had by all. Oh...do you notice Jae-min's changed outfit in the below picture??? Well while waiting for lunch I brought the kids over to an area where you can shoot water at people on a ride...but I failed to realize they could shoot back. As Jae-min stood at the cannon shooting his water a family came by and started shooting at him. But they wouldn't stop the water arsenal!!! It all happened so fast....I saw Jae-min standing with his hands over his face getting drowned by water trying to move but was totally immobilized!!! My mommy bear kicked in and ran to save him...to which this crazy man turned the water on me, soaking me too!!! Jaelah saved herself and ran out of the area to Grammy who was waiting on the sidelines. Jae-min and I were at this grown man's mercy and honestly were stuck, drenched, and laughing so hard we thought we were going to pee our pants. That grown man took no prisoners, no mercy on a poor helpless woman and child!!!! Lesson learned...next time scan the ENTIRE area before subjecting your little ones to crazy adults with water cannons!!!
Storyland and day one of vacation a success!!!!
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Storyland was so much fun! We enjoyed watching the kids have such a good time. We're glad that we decided to rent the house again this year. They were well behaved and we all had so much fun.
Love, Mom & Dad M
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