We did one last trip to the Boardwalk before school started. Dylan and Cameron spent much of the beginning of the trip arguing over who would get to ride with Chloe (that lucky little girl!). It was enough to make me regret taking them!! Tom was back at home painting Dylan’s room (at long last!!!), so it was just me and my three little things!
Since Tom wasn’t there and I couldn’t leave Chloe alone while I chaperoned the big kids on bigger kid rides, the big kids couldn’t ride the Log Ride or the Dragon rollercoaster, or even the new RipTide ride! They were super good sports about riding Chloe-size rides (except for the arguing part)!
Chloe is a sensitive soul, though, so when she was informed (by me) that Dylan was feeling a bit sad that she chose to ride with Cameron, she turned to Dylan and told him she wanted to ride with him next!
Unfortunately, Dylan was too worked up to accept, so we moved on to the next ride — where more Dylan feelings were hurt because Chloe, once again when asked, said she wanted to ride with Cameron.
Dylan refused to ride Bulgy, but after that, he and Chloe rode together and I rode with Cameron (who was now grumpy that Chloe chose to ride with Dylan instead of her!).
Well, after that ride, they wanted to ride the boats, but Chloe really wanted to be in Boat #3 because that’s “her number!”. The big kids also turned the tables on the poor thing and both gleefully jumped into the first row — right…where Chloe wanted to sit! –leaving the back of the boat to Chloe.
There goes our little Crabster! Dylan tried to appease her by telling her that boat #3 was exactly the same colors as their boat, Boat #6! Didn’t work, though….
Next go-round on the same ride, we managed to get the freakin’ #3 boat but, as you can see, Chloe is not really willing to be all immediately gleeful about it!
Next up (after the big kids took themselves on Ghostblasters), was Freefall! There happens to be a Frozen-themed Candy Crush-type game that Chloe knows about and, even though, she could see the people bouncing up and down on that thing, she still was so excited to try it out!
What luck for me! The big kids were considered big enough to chaperone her AND there just weren’t enough seats to accommodate motion-sick-me! Still, I was a bit concerned about Chloe going on there for the first time with just the big sibs. Dylan was a sweetheart and held her hand, but still, about half-way through the ride, I heard her little screams!! I felt so bad!
Clearly, the big kids were not bothered at all by this ride!
Well, by this time, I’d gotten several text messages from Tom asking where the heck we were! I decided to try to get back home, but they kids just had to ride “one more ride” on the way out!
There happened to be a cute little classic-car kid ride that Chloe really liked! It was right next to Rock and Roll which, it turns out, Dylan and Cameron could ride by themselves!
Of course, when we passed Speedway, Chloe wanted to ride … again! By this time, Dylan had worked through his resentment from not being Chloe’s chosen riding partner earlier and he took his turn chaperoning her!
Well, after that, we really did make it out of the Boardwalk! Our last ride was the trolley back to the parking garage downtown! Dylan and Cameron helped Chloe up the steps, they paid our fare (a quarter per person) and I hauled the stroller in!
When we got home, we all marveled at the fantastic painting job Tom did in Dylan’s room!
