Storytime

Sunday was the annual Nissan Family morning at Luna Park . For the past few years we have had Little Miss sleep over, with a bit of Christmas lights hunting, and then taken her in the morning. At first she was timid...unsure of the rides. But this year...she knew no fear! She went on the Coney Island Top Drop...twice...once with me, once by herself. That was fun, not scary at all she told me. She went with Grandpa on the Dodgems, while I admired their driving skills. Or lack thereof. Even though she went on the Merry-go-round last year, this year she decided she was too big. So she went on the Spider. Three times. We would get on, scream throughout the ride, then once off she would run around and line up again with a 'come on, get on with me.' Grandpa and I took turns. This year she ventured on the Silly Serpent...twice....then onto the Twin Dragon. Twice. Granpa even talked her onto going onto the Scenic Railway. They sat in the first seat ( I sat ...

We had a busy weekend recently. Most of this involved grand-parenting duties---there was berry picking and Christmas tree purchasing-----tree decorating and flower picking.....flower arranging (in shot glasses)...and going to the park for some swings, some slides, some climbing and monkeying around....and of course...hand stands. That was just Saturday. On Sunday we took Young Miss to Other Half's Work Family Christmas event---at Luna Park. It was her first time there and she had seen videos of the rides (wonders of youtube) and knew which ones she wanted to go on and which she considered too scary. That is of course until she got there. She began sedately----a ride on the flying elephants....then a ride on the dragon roller coaster. Courage was gained and she went on the ghost train (bit scary with those skeletons)- bit of a breather for a visit to see Santa and receive a show bag of goodies- then onto the merry go round (while Grandpa went on a scary ride)....