Aunt Tinka, Nana & Busch Gardens Oh MY!

What a weekend we had. My sister and Grandma were down for the weekend. On Friday night we went to Friday cheers at the pool that finally opened in the development. Preston did not want to go in his bathing suit and then decided he did want to go in the water. In addition to the big pool there is an eighteen inch deep wading pool. Pres slipped in the pool itself and went under the water for all of 2 seconds. I picked him up, he sputtered, blinked and was fine. Until my sister had to tell me that he was scared out of his mind and his little life probably flashed before his eyes….I know…a bit much.

On Saturday we went to Busch Gardens. I have not been in years so this was really a great treat for me as well. I have also become a lot more fearful of roller coasters. As I am going up 210 feet I start thinking about what if the harness gives out, what if we break down and I am forced to walk down the stairs and I am so scared of heights, what if one of my dad’s stents collapses on our way down….which prompts my sister to make fun of me. The lines were not long at all. My father said when we were younger the line for the log flume was two hours. This is where our parenting differs. I would have told us “Oh jeez kids, it appears there was a malfunction…not enough logs…they are shutting down the flume. We’ll just go get some ice cream.” What a good dad to wait on a two hour line for a three minute ride. In a log…with no harness mind you!

****DISCLAIMER***** The following pictures are not intended to be photocopied, scanned, saved to a desktop, etc. by any ex-husband to then be cropped, photoshopped, re-captioned and then posted to his own Facebook profile in an attempt to pretend that this is somehow his life with Preston. That is an unauthorized use.

Here are some pics from the weekend. Well my sister hijacked these and posted them to her Facebook already-but she did ask-even though my sis never needs my permission!

Super excited about our Busch Gardens adventure!

Preston loved the rides. I personally did not think the “child restraints” were all that great, but he was so into the rides he was not attempting to climb out. The only time he cried was when his partner on the plane ride refused to pull the lever to push them into the air!

Check this out: Our first family trip to Busch Gardens (I was 11 or 12)?

Preston’s First Trip:

There were trips in between but the pics are buried somewhere in old albums and have not been unpacked in the move. Don’t worry Mel-I will find the ones of us together here in high school thinking we were AWESOME!

Katie won this on her first try at Derby Dogs. It was a piece of crap. Literally was falling apart. When Pres put it down at dinner I went up to another mother and it went like this, “I have a dog over there. It’s not coming home with me. Would one of your kids want it, or if you do not want another big piece of crap in your house feel free to say no.” The dog hopefully has nice new owners.