So movie world...Erik's two favorite rides are the kids bumper cars (he would literally ride it all day if I let him, he just gets off and gets back in line) and the regular drive cars....do we have a little boy on our hands or what? Waiting in line this time was hard for him, the first time we came every one was in school and it wasnt busy but this day was summer break and although they moved quite quickly he had a hard time not wanting to cut because he wasnt quite understanding the concept of waiting behind people for something so exciting. But he did well. There was another older girl at one point, she was probably 8 or 9 and totally old enough to know what she was doing who was trying to cut in front of EJ on a ride and both Lindsay and I had told her that our little guy was in front of her and she needed to stand behind him (EJ was a bit clueless to be able to stand up for himself), and yet when it came time to get on she jumped in front and he happened to have the last slot for the ride, so she got on and he had to wait for the next group to go. HOnestly I wanted to tell her off, I tried to watch where her parents were debating to say something-nicely of course like next time you really should let the little ones go first, but she ran off to another ride, no parents in sight..mmmm.
Waiting in line again, while eating a snack. He just looked over and realized I was snapping up pics of his cute little face.
he was hanging all around I just thought this shot was cute....ignore my mommy mushiness.
Bumper cars...ready-steady-GO! He did much better at handling the cars this trip than before and maybe next time he will have grasped the hand and foot at the same time coordination.
Driving his car around the track...in hog heaven!
I know the drill kiddos, hands up, latch down, soar into the air and rock it to the music with mom down below!
Erik really loves swimming and in the last month has really advanced in his skills. He does NOT take lessons (yet at least) but we just work with him on different things we think would be fun or beneficial for when he does take lessons. Water wings really gave him confidence in the water, sometimes I wondered if it was a little too much confidence, fearing he would jump in without them or without an adult present. He did pretty well. During this trip he started jumping in to where Lindsay didn't have to catch him, he would completely submerge and pop up with Lin right there and then swim back. We worked on really kicking hands and feet to move and the boys would race. Upon return Erik realized that since going under was ok and he could hold his breath for a couple seconds he could do other cool stuff. Now he doesnt use water wings, he gets torpedos off the pool floor on his own where he can stand, dives for them in a bit deeper water with Lin pushing on his back to get him down and then EJ popping off the bottom to come up, he also tries to swim on his own where he can stand under the water and will jump in without water wings and then we guide him back (he doesnt move fast enough to keep himself bouyant). He has become a little fish!
to be continued....
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