The Start of Summer

Marina finished third grade earlier this week. So to celebrate, we went to the amusement park. Naturally, Marina was very excited to go.

When we arrived, she wanted to start with the kids' rides. I was worried she might be too tall for them, be we found out right away she's still half an inch under the maximum height. So she happily rode many of her favorites. Of course, she also wanted her face painted while we were there. She got a very pretty rainbow around her eyes.
We split a turkey leg for lunch and then we went out into the rest of the park, Marina paid attention to the height requirements at each ride. Since she is now tall enough to ride them herself, that is what she wants to do. She really wanted to ride the Spider which makes me feel sick, so she rode it herself.

It was a warmer day than we had expected and Marina complained she was sweating, so we went on one of the water rides. We got drenched on it, but Marina loved it so much we rode a second time. I didn't think it was possible for us to get wetter than we had on the first ride, I was wrong! We were both soaked, so we found a sunny spot and shared a funnel cake while we dried off.

She also wanted to try other rides she'd never seen before.We went on the Tower of Doom, which she's never seemed interested in before. It was a crazy drop, but she liked it. She draws the line at rides that go upside down. She said she'll never do those. (We'll see about that!)

We went on the Ghost Blasters many times, it's one of Marina's favorites. However, since I usually have a higher score than she does, she started asking if she could ride with someone else. So she was thrileld on our last ride to outscore me. (I didn't do it on purpose - honest!)

On the way out, we rode most of her favorites and finished it all off with a carousel ride. We'd had a fun day to start off her summer vacation.