We started off at the carousel where Mr. P-Rex (my Mom's nickname for him) chose to ride the Triceratops. :-)
From there, we jetted on over to the roller coaster (it was only open for 30 more minutes). I apologize for what you're going to hear in the following video. There's a reason why James usually rides the "scary" rides with our daredevil son. I dislike heights. I don't like roller coasters or anything super fast, other than cars. But, as it was just me and Peyton today, I had to suck it up and ride that roller coaster...TWICE! He had a ball, of course. Gotta keep him happy. :-)
We made our way over to the Danny the Dragon ride which was set to open at 2pm which gave us a few minutes to eat lunch.
Then he wanted to ride on the Kiddie Swings which he rides alone. I wish I could have gotten pictures or video while we were waiting in line. He was dancing to the beautiful Brazilian music playing. We lucked out and got the same music for the ride. Enjoy!
He wanted to ride it again, so he stayed on and went around a second time.
Then we headed over to his other favorite ride: the Frog Hopper. I mistakenly called it the Frog Jumper which he like and now it's the Frog Jumper in his mind. I got lucky as we were behind a mother with two girls in line, and the mother sat in the only adult seat on the ride, so Peyton had to ride it without me - oh darn! ;-)
From there, we only had about half an hour before the Park closed, so I gave him the choice of playing on the slides or feeding the cow (both of which he wanted to do). He chose the slides. I feel bad that he already knows that I won't climb up those structures, but he's a champion climber!
He went up the "easy way" the next time.
He just always comes out smiling. :-)
We're really trying to work on the concept of time and consequences of being late. He gets upset if we leave school to late (because he runs around with Naoki and refuses to go to the car) and misses the northbound train at the station. And, today was another learning opportunity. At about 2:40, I told him that if he wanted to feed the cow, we had to leave the slides soon. He refused. I asked again for the next 10 minutes and he kept refusing. So, when the announcer came on the speakers at 3:00 throughout the park saying it was now closed, I had a little meltdown to deal with as he wanted to feed the cow. Oh well, he'll understand eventually.
Overall, it wasn't bad for my first solo trip to Happy Hollow with Peyton given that we only had 90 minutes and he normally likes to spend 3-5 hours there. But we packed in a lot of fun. :-)
