Vacation Part 1

We took a short family vacation at the end of June. The first part of the trip was all about fun and games. We went to Key Lime Cove, which is an indoor water park, and to the Jelly Belly factory. We were hoping to take the factory tour, but Alex was a bit too distracted by the carnival outside. (It's not always there. We had just happened to time our visit with their SummerFest event.) He's been talking about wanting to ride a Ferris Wheel, so this was his chance. Surprisingly, he was able to recognize that he could savor the event by doing the Ferris Wheel last: "I know it will be my favorite, so I want to save it for the end."

We didn't get any pictures inside the water area because we were all having too much fun to worry about keeping track of cameras or phones, but here are a few pictures of the fun outside of the water park, as well as pictures from Jelly Belly and the carnival.

His favorite kind of ice cream -- not cold!

He loved playing Skee Ball at the arcade

Air hockey with Daddy

Giant Jelly Belly!

Jelly Belly car

Ticket to ride

First Ferris Wheel ride

He was having far more fun than this looks like

Belated Last Day of School Post

I was having some photo issues on the computer and finally worked them out, so here are a couple end of the school year photos to commemorate Alex's first year.

June 7 was Alex's last day at school. He had a great first year and can't wait to go back in the fall we are very lucky that he will be continuing with the same teachers then.

The year went by really fast. It's hard to believe it is over.

Dismissal on the last day, showing off his treasure box

In front of Rockefeller Chapel