The only thing more fun than being a two year old....is having one!

Wednesday I took Daniley to Alabama Adventure. We had the BEST time!!! First we went to lunch, then stopped by McCallisters for cookies, then got in the water park about 11:30. We played in the water park area until about 4pm. Daniley played in the kids area the whole time (we never even saw the wave pool!). She did a decent sized water slide all by herself. (I went first to wait for her at the bottom.) She REALLY liked it. She didn't know about the rides until we left the water park and headed over the Magic City. First, carousel. Next, motorcycles. Then came Buzzsaw falls. That's equivalent to Splash Waterfalls if you're more familiar with Six Flags. Basically you go up high in a boat, and come crashing straight down and get all wet. I didn't tell Daniley anything about the ride. I didn't warn her. I just said "Crawl in the boat" and up we went. When we got ready to crash down, I didn't really know what to expect from her. To add a little drama I just said "Throw your hands up in the air!!!" and down we flew. She made it about 2/3 of the way with her hands still in the air, but she finally came to her senses and held on (of course I was holding only her the whole time.) When we got to the bottom, I looked at her. She looked at me. Then suddenly the reaction: "Bahahahahahahahahahaha. Mom LET'Z RIDE THAT AGIN!" Shew. LOL. I was soaked already and didn't want to be twice as wet, so we moved on. Next was the roller coaster. The roller coaster is about like the Mine Train. It is a short track (they take you around it 3 times) but it has some decent drops and plenty of jerks (again I held her the whole time). It was beating me up pretty bad but I was cushioning her so apparently she was ok. We had to ride that about TEN times. (Rolling my eyes!) Next was the bumper cars. She didn't too much care for those because she didn't like people driving into her. She didn't ask to ride that again. Next we did the airplanes. We rode those about 5 times. (There were no lines, so she could just stay on every time.) Then we did some little race cars and slow cars. Finally, the kids rides were over. It was only about 5:30 and we wanted to stay til closing. I thought about leaving but I thought we might just creep over to some of the bigger rides and see if she could get on. She was 1 inch tall enough. So......we got on a nameless ride. It was the one that goes around really fast and humps up and down. It plays music in it and I see the ride at most every fair. It is the one that slings you to the outside when you ride. It goes forward...then backwards. The place was jamming so I pressed my luck again and put her on it. Glad I did....it was probably the most fun 5 minutes of my entire life. I laughed absolutely until I cried and could not catch my breath. Daniley, instinctively now, had all hands in the air and was laughing so hard she couldn't speak. Just watching her, I nearly died. The only part I hated is that Dan wasn't there to see it for himself. It was hysterical. I tried to capture it on camera but the thing was moving so fast and I was being so smooshed that I couldn't really get the full detail in my lens. Needless to say, we had to ride that about 3 more times. Then she saw the Scrambler. Yes this is the adult scrambler. On she went. I wasn't so thrilled about having to ride it but I'll do most anything for my precious Sugar Booger. She wanted to ride it plenty more, but it started raining and they closed it down. Finally, we made it out and 30 seconds into the ride home, she was fast asleep (for no nap, she did VERY well). We didn't make it to the Ferris Wheel, but that's on our agenda for next time. There will be a next time very soon!

Yesterday we took Little Darlin' for her first swim. We didn't submerge her because I'm pretty sure the cold water would make her cry. But she kicked around and had a good time. Daniley is swimming like a fish (with floaties!). She was in the pool retreiving the squirt gun before we even had our shoes off.

Good friends make for good times!
And here is The Little Darlin'. She found her hands this day and just kept holding them up staring.

Last weekend we went to Anna's birthday party. She's such a little doll and I love it that she is so close to Daniley's age because I happen to love Anna's Momma to death so when they play, we play! :-)
I love some of these facial expressions on Daniley.

I don't know who is having more fun here. Daniley probably thinks its HER birthday.
And then finally, one of many things I love about Daniley, is that she knows how to have a good time. She can roll with the best of 'em. But when she gets her mind set on something, she doesn't care what the rest of the world is doing. She can play totally by herself. It took me an hour to get these dolls away from her.

Here we are riding down the road. No, this ain't at a stop. It was this way for 3 hours. He didn't even complain. Why? Well I'll just leave that undisclosed. Everything ain't for the blog. BAHAHAHAHA.

Last night I got two phone calls about Daniley's behavior at her first night at Bible School. As I was told, the theme for the crafts was CRAZY CRAFTS. When the children got in there, the teachers told them to act crazy and they demonstrated such behavior by shaking and wiggling. Daniley does not need any demonstration of how to act crazy. When she gets around Mawmaw, Pawpaw, and Unc (most of whom where standing in there) the kid puts on a show people in Vegas would pay to see. I have only seen it once and I wanted to crawl up the chimney I was so embarassed. It's almost like she has an out-of-body experience she gets so excited. So anyway, there they are, being ENCOURAGED to act crazy. Daniley stood there stiff, and informed them, "My mom told me not to be acting crazy!" I am so glad to know the kid is listening and I MIGHT be making an impact on her life. :-)

Last week was ChickFilA Day...dress like a cow, eat free Chicken! I participate in this every year. Now I have two calves. Danslen had a good time, but she's a little snobby about the way you hold her. Sugar Booger didn't have it just right, so the Little Darlin' was telling EVERYBODY about it. She's so cute, even when she's screaming. I have reached that euphoria that I had with Daniley, the one where you just keep sitting there staring at them, thinking how cute and perfect they are. I always knew I wanted kids but I never knew it would be this wonderful. I hope God continues to bless us, because we ARE blessed!

Daniley: "Mom, Do I have diarrhea?"
I was backing out of the garage. She was in her carseat. I thought PLEASE NO. She had it for about a week a few weeks ago.
Mom: "I don't know. Are you pooping in your pants?"
Daniley: "No. If I don't eat boogers, I won't get diarrhea?"
I don't know who might have told her one causes the other. I wanted to laugh, but this opportunity was too golden to miss.
Mom: "YES! If you eat boogers you'll get diarrhea again."
[The End. Nothing else said. No boogers eaten. LOL]

This has been one of the best weekends I've had in a long time. We didn't over plan. Usually I don't like hanging around the house too much, but this weekend we did some going and some resting (resting to me is NOT laying around or watching TV--it's usually playing in my craft room or organizing something) and it was wonderful. We went to see the fireworks in Alabaster and played and hung out and it was a lot of fun. The girls' second cousins from Louisiana (Honey's sisters' granddaughters) were in town and went with us. They are sure sweet girls; I hope mine take after them. ;-) Then Sunday we went to Honey and G-Paws for a little grill out where Daniley, Danslen, James, Eli, and Andi and Raeleigh and Mia all played and laughed all day long. Other than that, I took a bike ride by myself and dropped the bike in the Belk parking lot. SHOOT I screamed. LOL. How did that happen? Let me tell you, it's quite funny. I got off the bike and walked off. I didn't put the kickstand down. Oops. LOL. At least I can pick it up. I was really hoping the clutch didn't fall off because calling Dan was a call I did NOT want to make. :-) Maybe some swimming later and we'll call it a holiday weekend!!!!

Last weekend was Liberty Day and cousins James and Eli finally got to come!! Daniley and James actually opened the parade. They were Car Numero Uno. They were so cute. Mom walked beside them and threw candy. She reported Daniley couldn't drive straight for waving at everyone (it showed we had practiced, LOL), and James couldn't do anything except eat candy out of the bed of the gator. As soon he finished one piece he just turned around and helped himself to another. :-) I let them drive down Main Street and around the corner. Then I pulled them out so they could watch the rest of the parade. It was a FABULOUS day!! Lots of fun, those two kiddos!

This band had at least one fan.

Daniley is a very free spirited child. God gave her just the right mother, because I have the energy, patience, and sense of humor required to keep up with her. I just sit back and grin; I know there isn't another place I'd be rather than watching her in a moment like this.