Mar. 11, 2007 - A milestone in our family!
Forget sitting up, crawling or walking. Welcome to milestone 101 - Jackson style!
Yesterday Luke rode his first roller coaster!!! Twice!
The kids know that before we venture off to a theme park (which is every other week) they need to be measured. Kylie usually prompts us to measure by using a play measuring tape from Luke's Home Depot tool kit. So we line the kids up on the wall and measure away. Following the measure is usually a hoop and holler that our child has reached a height that will allow them to ride a new ride or a low groan which means they still aren't tall enough to ride a specific ride.
So they lined up as usual and nothing too spectacular was learned. They can't grow too much in 2 weeks time even if they *do* eat all of the vegetables. (yes, I admit, I use it as a bribe...)
Off we go for a fun day!
When getting the kids out of the car, Jon asks me what shoes to put on the kids. Sneakers I yell as that adds another inch to Luke's height. Ok, he replies!
We get to the moment of truth. We are in front of the Flying Unicorn and we measure Luke again. Jon tells him to stand tall and he does. His head hits the bottom of the measuring stick and we are IN! He rides it twice and has a blast. He gets off yelling "again! again!" We don't ride because you can only take soooo much without finding out what you ate for breakfast.
Kylie is excited for her brother and now is telling him of the Woody Woodpecker roller coaster. He kinda pouts because he can't ride the Flying Unicorn again.
So a few hours later, we are at Universal Studios. We again don on Luke's tennies and head off for another roller coaster. We get past the first measuring stick, second... Nobody has stopped us yet... Then we sit down on the coaster. One lady comes by, unlocks our lap bar and say's " I need to measure him." What? My son is confused but gets up and walks off the car. They measure him and low and behold he is an inch too short. They kick him off the ride.
He just doesn't get it. He howls and the lower lip protrudes as he cries "Roller coaster! Roller coaster!" I explain that he is too short but it does no good. Not even Barney next door can ease his pain. It was the most pathetic thing ever to watch his despair.
So then we figure it all out. When Jon asked him to stand tall, he got on his tip toes. Boy after my own heart.
