Wild Times at Story Book Land...

This past weekend, the four of us went away to the beach house to celebrate our ninth wedding anniversary (doesn't that number make us sound old... but we were married very young, you know). Anyway, we spent the day on Saturday at a great little amusement park for kids, Story Book Land, an old joint from the fifties and, oh my word, what a blast we had! I really think Bry and I enjoyed ourselves just as much as the boys, if not more. Above, you see the fellows looking at the Three Pigs display. These adorable little houses were set up all over the park and at the push of a button, the characters start to move and on comes the old-fashioned music and the narrator's voice, telling a very summarized version of the classic story. It was absolutely magical for the boys and so much fun to watch their little faces light up with excitement as they took turns (not always willingly) pushing the buttons. Unfortunately, there was that darn big bad wolf of the Little Red Riding Hood house that scared the living crap out of Vic. He held it together as we watched the beast explain why his teeth were so big, but the image of it has been haunting our poor child for the last several nights. That evening, he was a bit out of his head with exhaustion and he seriously had a mini-panic attack when he saw a picture of the wolf on a brochure. He bursted into tears, saying "HOW can I get it out of my MIND..." over and over with increasing fear. Finally, he screamed out "HOME!! I WANT TO GO HOME!!" This boy loves being at the beach house so when he said this, I knew he was really beside himself. It seemed he was almost having a nightmare while still awake. I told him that he is super tired and that once he wakes up in the morning, he won't even hardly remember that stupid big bad wolf. This seemed to comfort him and he wanted to go to sleep right away. This has happened for the past several nights, as soon as he gets tired, he starts to think about that damn wolf and asks to go to sleep, which he does promptly, as early at 7 o'clock.

Onto more photos...

Here are Bry and Vic riding the "happy dragon" ride, one of his favorites, as he is really into dragons as of late. He is even going to be one for Halloween. Ivan, too. 

Next, the A-mazing Hay Maze. The baby didn't stay on Daddy's shoulders for long. His frantic squirming said, "I demand freedom" and once his little feet hit the ground, he was off... exuberantly busy, run/stumbling here and there, and then suddenly stopping to study some particularly interesting pieces of hay and then of course, he couldn't resist hiding in the many nooks and crannies. Had to keep my eyes (and camera) on him. 

Probably the biggest highlight of the day for young boy was this "Bubbles the Dragon" roller coaster. We went on twice, both times in the front seat. I know I'm a major spazzola. And I was only hamming it up a little.

My favorite boys on the train. Ivan is blowing a kiss.