Fun in the Sun

I took Marina to the amusement park for the day. I was surprised at how long it took me to get her out the door. But once we left, she couldn't get there soon enough. As usual, she wanted her face painted. We had to wait a bit this time. While she had it done, I made her promise to try the river raft water ride today. She readily agreed. We rode a spinning ride and then we went on the ferris wheel.

Next, she wanted to ride the roller coaster in the kid's area. She rode it several times before the line got long. Then she wanted to ride the bumper cars. Again, since the line wasn't very long, she went on it several times before moving on. She wanted to ride some rides we tried on our last visit. At that point, we were near river raft ride, so she decided it was time to try that. The line was somewhat long, but I wanted to try the ride while she was ready. During the wait, she acted a bit nervous. However, once we got on, she forgot her fear. She screamed the whole way – in a good way. At the end, she said, “Let's do that again!” We did, but later in the day.

We went back to the kid's area where we saw a show – The Hip Hopsicles. They invited the kids on stage several times and Marina was happy to go. I was surprised at how nervous she seemed while she was there though. After the show, she hit the kid rides she missed and the roller coaster again.

Marina wanted to stay for fireworks, but we'd already been at the park for 10 hours. She wasn't happy about leaving, but she fell asleep in the car on the way home. I knew she was exhausted.

Ahoy!

I took the day off to spend with Marina today. It was cool and windy – not a day to spend outside. So I asked Marina what she would like to do. She responded she wanted to go to the Museum to see the pirate exhibit instead. So we decided to do that. She wanted to see the pirate exhibit first, but the tickets we got were for half an hour after we arrived. So, she busied herself at Health exhibit for that time. We did a breakfast cereal experiment. I went through the directions and told Marina what steps to take, but she did most of the process herself.

After the experiment, we went up to the Real Pirates exhibit. We took a really good look at the bell of the ship and the cannons. She was excited to see one of the pirates before we entered the ship replica. She told him she lost a tooth. He asked, “Did you lose it in a fight?” She insisted she didn't. Then he showed interest in the “treasure” she got for it. She seemed a little scared inside the ship, but she got over it quickly. I was surprised she wasn't more interested in looking at the treasure. She seemed a bit bored for the rest of the exhibit. So we decided to go to lunch.

After lunch, we went to Space exhibit. Then we went back to the Health exhibit. Marina went to her usual favorite areas and we caught the Super Food Hero show. Once again, she was chosen to be Spinachiever – that's always her goal when we see that show. She really hammed it up this time. the hero loved that! Our last stop was the play area. Marina played with wind tunnel, a computer drawing table and she made a bat out of paper and a toilet paper roll. We'd had a full, fun day.

The Tooth Fairy Visits Again

Marina called me with exciting news – she lost one of her front two teeth. She told me she pulled it out and didn't cry. But actually she'd bitten on something hard and really loosened the tooth. Later when she ate ice cream, it came out quickly. She's been wiggling that tooth quite a bit lately. Now she's looking forward to a visit from the tooth fairy!

Dancing Princess

Marina was very excited for her dance recital, especially the “Walking on Sunshine” dance. She was especially happy to have me put make up on her before the show. She packed a bag with a few toys to play with while she wasn’t dancing.

Marina performed well in both dances. During “Walking on Sunshine” she was singing along with the song, it was so cute! During “Angel of Music” she located me in the audience and waved. Some things never change.

Here are videos I took of both dances at dress rehearsal earlier this week.