Valleyfair

We went to Valleyfair for E's bday this year. She has the opposite problem of many children...she 'is' tall enough for most all the rides but just isn't ready for a good portion of them. She ended up going on the high roller, and after braving that a few times decided she wanted to try the corkscrew. I thought the high roller was more exciting, but the corkscrew goes upside down you know! She loved it...we went on that quite a few times at the end.

All day long she was watching the Wild Thing and really wanted to go on it at the end but I had to put my foot down! Even though she loves the rides, the gets this horrified look on her face on the way down. I didn't want to see what she'd look like 1/2way up the Wild Thing :D

The day was just a bit cool for the water rides, but we did them anyway. Kept the crowds at a low roar for that area!

It was a great day. By the end of it, we decided to go out for a movie as the park closed at 8pm. E treated us from $ she'd won from a coloring contest awhile back. We saw 'Up'...it was quite cute, esp. the little short film beforehand. I loved that one!

Opening up her card that a.m. The last shot is her figuring out what the riddle meant :D




The obligatory 1st ride...this is tradition no matter the age!


A few rides- I know the car one is blurry but can you see her face?! :D











This is her coming off her 1st 'big' rollercoaster. She's hollering at me that we're going again- this time her and I :)


The corkscrew- her fav. ride of the day:




And of course, the wave. We did this shortly before lunch and got soaked of course. Went on a couple of times and to finish it off stood on that bridge. I thought E knew what was going to happen, but just as she realized last minute she got this look of horror and tried to hold on for dear life to the back of my leg to no avail :D


Twas a great time :D She's already talking about next year. Actually, she was talking about next year the same day :)