Today we took Ella to Great America with the Kim/Arena family. It was a really fun day for everyone. The girls were great – they went on rides with us and rides with each other. The weather was perfect and the environment was something that would be great to do once or twice a year. Ella was out of her mind when she saw a Dora ride and on the ride, we saw Swiper the fox. She kept saying, “Swiper, no swiping”. The girls also saw Dora and Diego in “real life” (costume). It was a really exciting and really stimulating day. Ella passed out in the car on the way home and took a 2 hour nap…very rare these days. We went over to Phyllis’ house for dinner tonight to hang out with the South Side girls. It was another really sweet night.
Here we are with Blue from Blue’s Clues. After these pictures were taken, Ella looked at me and said, “I love blue.”
Here we are flying on the Dora ride.
Check out this huge Dora!
The Kim/Arena family riding on a giant coconut.
The girls and Ron with Dora and Diego.
Ella with some other Nick Jr. characters. I’m not sure who they are.
Ella and Stella having a complete love fest.
Fooling around on the shark.
Ron took this picture of us while we were waiting on line for a helicopter ride.
Riding a snail.
Sisters.
Ella had an absolute blast riding this car with Stella.
This ride went up and down when you pulled the lever in the car. Ella didn’t quiet understand it but Juliet mastered it. Stella was just sick of hearing us scream, “Ella – pull the stick – Stella – get Ella to pull the stick!”
Ron won 2 basketballs today and he gave one of them to Ella. Thank you Ron.
It looks like a wonderful day, and sundress weather at that! It brought back memories of Great Adventure with you and Jesse and Jamie. Love you. Mom