More Carowinds

Wow it has been a long time since I last posted. Two weeks ago, we decided last minute to accompany my mom and siblings to South Carolina again! I rushed around getting things ready, and off we went. We traveled through the night, so we had no traffic.

While we were there, we went to the amusement park, Carowinds, again. The first night, we only got on a few rides, and watched an indoor ice show. While we were waiting for the ice show to start, Mikayla was playing by a big fountain. It was fenced in so she couldn't walk right into it. Even so, she managed to get quite wet by just playing next to it. Because her shoes were wet, and she doesn't quite understand the concept of walking, not running, she fell and scraped up both knees. They started bleeding quite badly too. We didn't have any napkins or bandaids to clean her up, so Kristi ran to get napkins while we searched for a bandaid. All the while, Mikayla was eating fruit snacks, without a care in the world. I thought she might be concerned when she saw the blood, but she looked down and just tried to wipe it away with her hand. Didn't really phase her.

The next day, we spent time at the water park and Mikayla picked up a few more bumps and bruises. She likes to play hard. She loved the water even more this time! She went under falling water and loved getting the water in her face. She also discovered a slide. She would have gone down all day if she could have. She was too small to go alone, so an adult had to go every time. Fortunately, there were quite a few adults for her to go with, but they tired out before she ever did. She learned to be content just playing in the water though.

Later that week, Mikayla ran away from her Aunt Kristi, and fell yet again! By this time, we had bandaids and napkins in our bags! She was so excited to ride the rides, that she just didn't want to wait for anyone. She wanted to run from ride to ride. We tried to keep up, and did an ok job, but she usually was out in front. She fell one more time and ripped off her scab from the previous falls. That was traumatic for her and those around her. Many commented that Mommy was calm and collected, and I told them, Mommy has done this several times before.

All in all, we had a blast of a week. We didn't want to leave, but we missed Daddy too much to stay any longer. I have some great pictures, but I can't get them to upload right now...I will keep trying though.