Saturday: Rollercoaster Girl

We started the day a little later than we had planned, but really decided to start our day exploring the parks. The first picture really captures the early morning in Hogsmeade and the kids with me on this new adventure.

The great discovery of the day was that Mary Kathryn is officially a roller-coaster girl. She could not get enough of them. She started her cautious toe in the water by riding the Mummy first with Janene and then again, and again and again... Afterwards, she wanted to try something bigger so we tried out Dragon Challenge, and she was totally hooked! Twice more, then moved on to the Hulk -- which is this unbelievable collection of loops, and twists, and plunging and rising that literally left my head hurting from being banged around, which we ended the weekend by riding an incredible six times (loved the express pass rights, btw)...

She found that it was a thrill that she never expected, and kept wanting to try another. Drew however was not so convinced. He rebuffed nearly every attempt we made to get him to consider this opportunity to "expand his experience about physics and the application of his ideas in this different way." He almost immediately and then continuously called bullshit on that idea. We swore we would get him on one before the trip was over.

Interestingly, while we could not get Drew on a rollercoaster, he saw the opportunity to climb a wall, and nearly jumped over three kids to do it. He was a regular spider -- finding his pace and then going straight up the wall to the required bell to be rung. Other than that, he wanted to spend time in the arcade... which was both annoying and completely Drew.

We ended the day at a luau and then a couple hours in the pool (which was both cool and warm, but neither too much one way or the other). The day ended with Mary Kathryn and I fast asleep and me waking at least twice to tell Drew to close his eyes and go to sleep. Roller-coaster girl and I were exhausted and the one who had remained firmly planted on the ground was, as usual, wide awake.