josh, mom, and i had been planning to take a mini-vacation this summer. but as our moving date quickly approached, and was even moved up a month by the decision to drive out west for the tour, options became limited. at long last, we decided on a mini-mini-vacation--a STAYCATION! not charleston for a night or two as we'd planned, but a day at the local amusement park, Carowinds!
we chose this partly because we thought heron would enjoy the waterpark. she didn't. but she still had the time of her life! people-watching, climbing everything (& everyone--there are no strangers in heron's world) in sight, shouting "WOW!" at the roller coasters as they swooped over our heads, the music blasting from every direction... she was in heaven!
: heron + nana watching the carousel :
apparently on this day in particular i was walking around with the "i'm pregnant and proud of it" strut. josh says he watched people staring at my belly all day, wondering, "is she or isn't she?" & here's some evidence: click on the photo below to see the woman behind me shamelessly gawking...
: trying (unsuccessfully) to win a little blue guitar for little blue heron :
: the staycationers :
joshy even had a good time, even after reminiscing for hours about cedar point the night before. how he had a "countdown to cedar point" calendar every year along with a "countdown until i see my cousin steven" calendar. every year he'd anxiously await the arrival of the cedar point book in the mail, with coupons, write-ups on the latest, biggest rides, etc. after all the talk of magnum xl-200, dragster, and millennium force, i was sure he'd be disappointed. but the afterburn at carowinds made his day, and since it was so hot there was no line, and he rode it twice in a row!
and here was the highlight... heron jammin to the reggae tunes after a long, hot day at the park...
heron feeling ALRIGHT from michelle garrels on Vimeo.
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