Playland, With a Twist

I'd found a morning activity at the Rye Library that I thought Alex might like. It's called Wiggle and Giggle Time and it's just for silly songs, puppet shows and dancing. Sure enough, I was right, he loved it! But what good is getting to Rye for a 9:30 AM starting, 30 minute program without making it a day at PLAYLAND!?

So, that's where we went next. We're that much closer to the Volkswagen Beetle now - only 76 tickets left to go. This time around, we enjoyed a show of a juggler/stunt man; got a new cool graffiti T shirt, took a walk to the wildlife sanctuary on Manursing Island and took a nice walk on the Boardwalk. We even visited the fishing pier. He was loving the walk on the boardwalk. It allowed him to hear the music played at the adult rides on the other side of the park. He heard a fave: 'Bad Romance' by Lady Gaga and wanted to know all about the ride that was playing it. Later, he danced to the music piped onto the boardwalk (some Rob Thomas song), but he wanted to know when they'd play more 'Bad Romance'.

We found Alex's new favorite ride - the Submarine! He squealed with excitement on it after he was a little bit scared when it looped around. Nope, he loves it now! Now, if we could only make some progress on 'The Olde Mill', which Alex calls 'The Grinches'. It's a dark boat ride with animatronic gnomes that pop out at you in the dark. This time around, he asked if we could watch the Grinches. (I let him watch rides he's afraid of to get more familiar with them.)

For a little guy so afraid of the Grinches, he sure didn't want to stop watching that ride.

He surprised me by wanting to remain at the Wildlife Sanctuary's Nature Center instead of returning to Playland. I guess we'll have to make that a trip as well.  Maybe when the pool or beach are open. It was a pretty hot walk.

Friday, June 18