A Day at "Gardens Busch"

It's been a fun few days. Mike came home on Friday afternoon after being out at sea all week, and Aunt Alli arrived from Boston on Friday night. So, it went from being pretty quiet around here to being full of activity, and we're enjoying every minute of it. Since it was a beautiful day yesterday, we decided to spend the day at Busch Gardens, or "Gardens Busch" as Nora kept referring to it. We started out the day by traumatizing Nora on the Log Flume. It looked pretty innocuous from the ground, but after getting on the ride with her and going through the first two drops, we realized that we were doomed. Nora cried her eyes out after the last drop, but soon regained her composure and kept repeating, "I'm okay...I'm okay." She got a little scared again when Daddy took her on a small ferris wheel later in the day, but then she observed that the ferris wheel "goes slow, not fast," and kept repeating that phrase throughout the ride to reassure herself. Have we done irreparable damage? But we redeemed ourselves by taking her on the carousel (her favorite ride) and treating her (and ourselves) to ice cream before leaving. Caroline also enjoyed the carousel ride quite a bit (the only ride she got to go on). We didn't go on any grown-up rides...there were just too many people, and we were just too tired from being the parents and aunt of two little ones! Today should be a more low-key day, but I'm sure there will be one or two blog-worthy moments, so stay tuned.