September 20, 2009

Daddy went on his golf trip, like every year, September 17 through September 20. As usual, Mommy had a “full dance card” so to speak while he was gone. On Friday night, Mommy picked me up and instead of going right home, we went to Costco (as you know, one of my favorite places). Then we headed to Target, because our friend Terra sent a gift card for me to buy a fun Halloween shirt. After that successful trip, we went to Once Upon a Child to search for my Halloween costume. We were lucky shoppers, as there were two Elmo costumes hanging on the rack as soon as we walked in! One fit perfectly so we were on our way. For dinner, Mommy let me sit on the bar and eat with her (you know that Daddy does not allow that sort of thing). I did not have the best night’s sleep, but the next morning we were on the move again! We ran some errands, went to see our friends Kristy, Bryan, Colin and Patrick, then even stopped by to see JJDan and Regan and Reilly the dogs.

After lunch, both Mommy and I took naps! But the fun did not stop there! After our naps, we went to Dayton to celebrate Uncle Robbie’s birthday. Like in August, we congregated (what a big word for a 2-year old, huh!) at Uncle David’s house for a cookout and cake. I am getting really good at helping people blow out candles, so keep me in mind if you ever need help. I got to see Uncle Robbie (of course, it was his birthday, it would have been awkward to have a celebration without him), Aunt Jeannie, Uncle David, Nana and Papaw. It was a late night but that night Mommy and I slept much better.

The next morning I was on to another new adventure! This amazing adventure was at a place called King’s Island and I went with Mommy and Nana. Oh what a mystery land this is, it has a gi-normous water fountain (I know gi-normous is not a word, the computer program even has it underlined, but I am doing it the P&G way, trying to make up a word that could possibly be real. My next step will be to post it on wikkipedia which will indeed make it real). Anyway, Mommy was very proud of herself because instead of just following the herd of people parking far away, she drove all the way to the “gold pass” parking lot and lo in behold, the gentleman said that it was all access that day! Mommy has been coming to King’s Island for over 20 years and has never had such a close parking spot. This made life much easier later in the day.

We arrived at King’s Island at 9:30 am, in good time to pick up all of the P&G goodie bag items and to get some pictures in front of the big fountain and Eiffel Tower (no, not the real one, but a structure that looks just like the real one in Paris, just smaller). Oh, and also a picture on the Charmin toilet that was taller than Nana and Mommy. Mommy took our bag full of goodies back to the car (because it was parked so close, she could do this), and Nana and I walked along “main street” and admired the fountain and Tower from all directions. There were a few characters walking around too, but they were pretty scary so I avoided them. When Mommy returned, it was almost 10 am and the rides were about to open. At this point, it started to rain. Just a little at first. We had positioned ourselves by the entrance of the Grand Carousel, and we were the first in line. I love the carousel at the zoo, and this is just like that one, just bigger. There were not people standing around for me to wave to at this point (because we were the first ones on it and because it was raining), but I enjoyed it just the same.

After the Grand Carousel, we headed to the Nickelodeon area where there were rides for kids my size. There was a carousel there too! I rode it several times, partly because there was not a long line, and partly because it was covered and we were out of the rain when we rode it. Mommy took me on one other ride, which she realized halfway through the line, was not the optimal choice, but it was pretty fun anyway. It was a helicopter that went on a track really high in the air. I got to wave and yell “hi Nana” as she stood in the rain watching us. At this point, although Mommy’s inclination was to “storm on” and ride as many rides as possible, she thought maybe I did not know what I was missing and Nana was probably wet and cold, so we left. This is another time when having the car very close was helpful. Although we did bring the plastic rain cover for the stroller, I was not a huge fan of having an obstacle in my vision, so repeatedly pulled it off.

We went home for lunch, then Nana left and I took my nap. That night Daddy came home! It was after I went to sleep, but he told me the next day that he came in and gave me kiss while I was sleeping.