Jim has been on vacation this past week, so it's been go go go just about every day. Our activities have included the New York State Fair (twice), a trip to Alexandria Bay for an Uncle Sam's boat ride, miniature golf at a local golf course, lunch at Chuck E Cheese (!), and many other small adventures along the way. Here are some of the highlights!
Monday: Helaina's first trip to the State Fair. I am definately a "Fair person" and enjoy it every year even though most people say "it's always the same thing". We've waited many years to be pushing our daughter around the fairgrounds in a stroller, and it was worth the wait. Helaina enjoyed the sights, sounds and tastes of whatever she could get her hands on. Her favorite free samples were the maple cream, maple cotton candy and small cups of ice cream.
Animals are always a big hit with Helaina, and she loved the cows. Love the look on her face here.
Helaina would yell to the cows "moooooo" and seemed to wonder why they didn't always "moo" back at her. Here she was attempting to find out why.
Riding the cows in the dairy building. I remember putting Joshua on these same cows when he was a young boy!
The famous butter sculpture.
Riding some type of Fischer Price bike in one of the buildings. Jim had to drag her off of this.
I couldn't believe it, but these bunnies actually stayed still while hundreds of people mauled them!
Checking out the giraffe at the petting zoo with his long neck.
Exhausted at the end of our day, Helaina fell asleep in the stroller on the way back to the main gate. We knew she was going to zonk out when we saw her head bobbing up and down!
Tuesday: Lunch at A&W and miniature golf. Helaina has recently mastered drinking through a straw. She is quite proud of herself and will drink ANYTHING if it's in a cup with a straw. She had a large cup of frosty rootbeer at A&W and swigged at it all afternoon! Miniature golf with a 2-year old? Uh huh.
Jim foolishly thought he'd teach Helaina how to hit the ball correctly - nice try, Daddy, but Helaina's got her own ideas.
Sideways, one-handed, right?
Three holes-in-one for us all. And if you believe that.....
This was Helaina's favorite. She would throw the ball into the hole and it would roll through a tube and come out at the bottom - almost going into the cup.
One more try at showing Helaina the Tiger Woods technique.
This was the pretty blue water that Daddy's ball "accidentally" ended up in. Helaina followed suit by immediately picking up her ball and throwing it into the water.
Wednesday: Uncle Sam's Boat Ride in Alexandria Bay, Thousand Islands. Boat ride, lunch at an outdoor restaurant, walking around the docks and boats, then ice cream, of course.
We decided on the one-hour Millionaire's Cruise. Good thing we didn't opt for the 2-hour tripbecause Helaina was bored after a while. She liked the boat ride but wanted to get up and run around. Anyone who knows Helaina knows that she likes to get up, get going and not stand idle.
"Oooooooooo. Snacks."
Pretending to be asleep. Another new game Helaina likes to play. Don't wake her up!
A quick stop at Boldt Castle on our way back to the dock.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday - stay tuned!!!
