Stay-cationing

Stay-cationing: noun (American The Travel Channel) a period of time devoted to pleasure all within the same vicinity in which a person resides.

So, a couple of Tuesdays ago, we decided to finally use our get in free cards to Lagoon (thank you Miss Farmington Pageant) and spend a day at the local theme park. We did have to pay for Emma, so as you would guess, the majority of the day was spent making sure we got our money's worth for her. And, boy, did she ever. Her first ride was the Merry-Go-Round, because she has has some experience with that one (note in the picture above it was also baby female fetus' first ride on a Merry-Go-Round!). We were a little apprehensive about the other rides because the last time we put her on something (the blue slides at Cherry Hill) she did a classic Gunn anxiety freak out and we didn't want that happening again. However, elation was the emotion of the day as she rode every single kiddie ride in the park, even the ones that made her a little nervous. She was very grateful for Daddy's arm on the Ladybug Drop (she is slightly scared of heights) and she wasn't so thrilled with the Odysea ride (turns out the anxiety is over getting splashed with water more than rides and slides), but overall I am pretty sure Lagoon Day was the best day of her little life so far.

As for the parents, well, we were honestly just thrilled making Emma happy and mommy couldn't ride much anyway due to the bun in the oven. Daddy got his kicks on the Skycoaster (thank you Dan) and Wicked. That was about it. Overall it was a great day and we will be sure to continue to annual Lagoon Day tradition until our kids grow out of it!!