Wild Ride

Lexi got her first experience at both a theme park and water park yesterday. We went with Brian's cousins Haley and Chase to Six Flags here in St. Louis. Lexi's first ride was the flume, where you ride in a log boat and go down a big hill at the end, splashing into the water. She absolutely loved it and was smiling the whole time.

We then went to the attached water park, where Lexi splashed in the kiddie pool, and I took her a little ways into the wave pool. Grandma Deb watched Lexi for a few minutes so I could try out one water ride, which was both fun and scary. I realized that I'm getting old, because I actually find myself thinking about the getting hurt aspect way more than the carefree fun aspect.

Finally, we stopped in the gift shop. Luckily, Lexi is too young to ask for anything, so we just walked around and took pictures with the different animals in there. We lasted until 7:30pm at the park, which is close to her bedtime. However, she didn't even get crabby at that point, so I think she had a blast and enjoyed her first theme park experience.

Lions, Tigers, and Bears

Lexi's South Dakota cousins came to visit this week, which included a trip to the zoo yesterday. For the first time, Lexi actually got to see a lot of animals at the zoo, after a couple short trips on hot and steamy days previously. Lexi really enjoyed the bears and just kept giggling at them, which was fun to see. She also had a penguin splash her, with which she wasn't too impressed. Haley and Chase were great helpers by entertaining her, catching her sippy cup, and holding her up to see the animals.