Nostalgia Round Two

Curious Miss V, Grandma and I had the chance to go to Bay Beach this weekend! It was my first time back since I was probably in middle school. I remember Mom, Kellie and I waiting and waiting for the ferris wheel and tilt-a-whirl and Dad watching in the shade. He would take us on the bumper cars and big slide. All four of us enjoyed the train with views of Lake Michigan. V enjoyed it just as much!

Look! The train is coming! 

It did rain a little so I didn't get a ton of pics but it was cooler than anticipated which was nice and there were not many lines. As a kid I remember the lines taking forever! Miss V did the baby swing on the playground first and had a great vantage point of the train route and loved just swinging and watching and listening for the train. Once we got her to the line she was excited and ready to go. She kept saying "move! move!" as we were waiting for all passengers to load the train. A big ole grin stayed on her face the entire ride. Then we went to the kiddie rides which she loved just as much. 

Go this way boats!

Big girl

I just could not believe how grown up she looked sitting in these rides by herself. For some reason I thought I remembered that adults could sit with the kiddos but that was not the case. I strapped her in and went behind the fence and she did great. A little bit of concern/stoicism at first and with the "faster" rides, but no crying! 

Hang on!

Don't mind me...just sitting here driving this race car...

She really got the hang of the steering wheels. Miss V was not the happiest having to get off each of the rides and kept saying "more cars! more boats!" and would just march over to the next ride with that determined, arm-swinging walk of hers.

How does this bell work mom?

Both Grandma and I took her once on the carousel or the "horsies" as she called it. Pure joy riding on that one, bummed I didn't get a good pic. Miss V talked about our trip the rest of the day and told Dad all about it on video chat! Such a fun place; I'm looking forward to taking her again and doing some of the "bigger" rides!