When I asked Cami what she wanted to do yesterday while the other kids were at “Flexi-school”, she said she wanted to go to the fair. It seems little traveling fairs do creep up here quite often, but usually not during the week. I tried to come up with the next best thing and could only come up with LegoLand. It is half-way between “Flexi-school” and home . . and since I had a ‘2-for-1’ ticket, why not?!
As we walked through the gates, Cami was jumping up and down – “I’m SO excited!” I knew I had hit a winner. We had a great day – perfect weather, no lines, and one person directing the show.
We watched a great “Bob the Builder” 4-D show. We came out having gotten splashed with water and snowed on. Cami wouldn’t wear her glasses but she still seemed to get the effects of the show and enjoyed it.
I thought the miniature world that they created was amazing!
Cami wasn’t too impressed with them so I was only able to get her to look at London and watch some of the boats drive by. It was fun to watch cars drive over the Tower Bridge.
Cami, of course, loved the rides. We were lucky enough to ride in a ‘balloon ferris wheel’ with “Mr. Adventure” Lego man.
One funny story that I continue to chuckle about:
One of the first rides we did was the swings that are lifted off the ground and go around in a circle. I’m not one for those kinds of rides so I sent Cami ahead in the line to get on. When I noticed all the parents going in with their children, I decided I better go too. I kept looking at the size of the swings, wondering how all of us adults were going to fit – obviously, snuggly. There were a number of pre-teens on the ride as well as they were on a school trip and they seemed to fit okay. I got Cami strapped in, found the closest available swing to her, and tried to figure out how to strap myself in with my satchel on my lap. When that was all figured out and the ride was starting, I looked around and noticed all the parents that had come in with their kids had gone back out and were watching the children go around. Then there was me . . strapped into that little swing, going around and around. Yep, I felt like a dork.
We finished the day going on “Pirate Falls Dynamite Drench,” which is basically their Log Flume Ride. Cami insisted on going on it to get wet. I wasn’t sure how she would handle it, especially since we wouldn’t be able to back out of it last minute. Well, there was really no line so no better time than the present. As we were going along the smooth part of the ride, I mentally tried to prepare Cami for the ‘roller coaster’ coming at the end where we’d get wet. So, as we were going up the final ascent, Cami said, “I’m so excited!” She didn’t make any sound as we plummetted to the bottom as I let out a nice loud scream. When I asked her what she thought of it, she said, “That was so fun!” On our way out of the ride, we walked by the picture displays of everyone on the ride. Ours was hilarious and I was tempted more than ever to buy it. I wish I could have just taken a picture of it with our camera. I was in the back with my eyes closed, laughing. Cami was in the front – eyes WIDE with a huge fearful frown on her face. I have it permanently stored in my memory. Such a great shot!
A fun day out for Mom and Cami!
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