I put up Ryan’s 14th and 15th month galleries today, check them out! The 15th Month features pics from the Ionia Free Fair with his Aunt Julie and Aunt Val, and pics from his Memphis trip with Uncle Eric and Aunt Crystal.
Yesterday we took Ryan on his first annual Cedar Point trip, it was really a great time. At first Jen and I weren’t sure about going to Cedar Point with a 15 month old, but it wasn’t long before we both felt that we couldn’t imagine being there without him.
Ryan had a great time. He rode in the Cadillac Cars with us, rode by himself in 3-4 of the kiddie cars, and rode on a merry-go-round with Jen. Cedar Point has a nice deal called “Parent Swap” that allowed us to take turns riding the major attractions while taking turns watching Ryan. One of us would stand in line for the ride while the other stayed with Ryan. When the first of us completed our ride, the second one got to go on almost immediately. So while we didn’t ride together, we still got to enjoy the big coasters while having fun with Ryan as we waited for one another. Since it was my favorite week to visit Cedar Point, our average wait was 15 minutes per ride. Only the Maverick was 1/2 hour wait.
A beautiful day ended perfectly when Ryan got his first ride on a real train – a 15 minute ride on a real steam engine. He was almost completely tuckered out when we got on the train, but as we started moving and the train whistle sounded, he got a second wind. The ride took us through “Boneville” as it was getting dark, and Ryan pointed at all of the neat skeleton characters in the Old West setting. Then after dark we walked through the starry night display with millions of lights dancing to the music. Ryan was wearing his own lighted necklace that flickered, he loved it.
He was so tired by the end of the day that he was asleep five minutes after we got him in the car, and slept soundly for the four hour ride home.
I’ll post the Cedar Point pics later…in the meantime, here are some quick links for the 14th and 15th Months.