Chess & Wild Rides

Today we started our day with chess & checkers, poolside. Lyla killed me in a game of checkers, one of her new favorite games. She was really proud:

Meanwhile, we like to call this photo Cade v. The Chess Board:

He celebrated his victory with a very messy superman Popsicle.

It was a difficult day for me. I slept with Cade last night and ended up with a terrible neck cramp, which lasted over the next 48 hours. It made for a long, hot afternoon.

We trudged onward, though, and visited the family amusement park. It was full of cheesy rides, which were met with mixed reviews from Cade. He's decided he doesn't like "fast" rides, and we actually had to ask the ride operator to stop this  one of the rides midway through.

He does like riding with his sister, though, and doesn't hesitate to tell ride operators that he needs to sit next to her:

Cade did ultimately ride his first coaster tonight:

Cade was also really happy to find a worm near the carousel...he ultimately decided to return it to its crack so it could "find its mom and dad".

 

We ended the evening with huge slushees...they were so happy about these:

Another great day!