"You remind me of the babe.
What babe? The babe with the power.
What power? Power of voodoo.
Who do? You do.
Do what? Remind me of the babe!"
Then baby said
"Dance, Magic, Dance"
"Jump, Magic, Jump"
Put that baby spell on me!
(Excerpts from "Magic Dance" by David Bowie)
I am starting to think that kids are the reason adults have fun. We can get away with going to see cheesy Disney movies that we secretly like but are too embarrassed to admit; We have an excuse to visit the happiest places on Earth (Disneyland, Legoland, any-kind-of-amusement-park land!); We get to sing rhyming, catchy, nostalgic mother goose songs that are EASY to sing and pretend we're a rock star as an excuse to lull the baby to sleep. And if anything goes wrong, the baby did it!
So, with Baby Em as an excuse, Ryan and I took the opportunity to visit Legoland with visiting family a few weeks back. Lego sculptures, rides, shows, dancing, magic, brick-o-treat, ghouls on stilts, candy, aquarium, and a whole bunch of fun.
An impressive full-size Darth Vader Lego replica for all to tremble in awe... but not so for Baby Em. She's already using the force to hold up the blue light-saber. The force is strong in this one...
Baby Em was in such a good mood all day. We didn't think she would be able to go a full day at an amusement park, but we were there for a good 8-9 hour day walking around, playing, watching shows, attempting to go on rides, and she was a trooper and soaked in the whole day of fun with her cousins.
In the evening, the ghosts and ghouls came out as the Brick-O-Treat path (Legoland's Halloween special for the month of October) lit up with with kids in costumes and trick-o-treating through parts of the park.
Most of the rides had height restrictions, around 48". Seeing how Em is currently at 25", she has a ways to go before she can ride anything. We tried to sneak her on one ride that did not have any posted restriction signs, but after making it to the front of the line, they booted us off because she couldn't walk yet. It was a good attempt. While mom and dad were a little disappointed, It didn't matter to Em. She had fun simply looking all around and seeing everything.
While some of the older cousins went on rides, the babies hung out and had the company of each other.
There was finally one ride that everybody could go on, the boat ride tour of the Legoland lake! Baby was about done by this time, and was a good ending to a full day.
We will be back. It was a sneak peak into our near future where one day we will be riding these rides with her.
We got the beat here naturally...
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