the other three r's: riding, rolling, & ringing

one of the kids' favorite things to do in st. augustine is to ride this carousel. this was where both ethan and caroline first experienced the thrill of spinning 'round and 'round on that oh so colorful machine full of horses. so we always love going back there. :) this year, we let the carousel be the "kick-off" for our vacation. after we arrived and unpacked a little, we headed over to the park just before they closed. the kids were beyond excited... this was definitely a treat after riding in the car most of the day. isn't this a sweet picture of the three of them waiting so patiently for their turn?! we got several great shots of the kids on horseback, but i thought i'd spare you the duplicates... here are my favorites of the carousel cousins:





the carousel is adjacent to a small playground that has the coolest slide. we call it the conveyor belt slide. not sure what it is really called, but ethan and caroline always love going bumpety-bump down it. they slid down this thing over and over and over. cheap entertainment for sure!


we really talked up the slide to karina, but she could have cared less about it! she was more intrigued by this bucking-bronco-butterfly thingy. and in the next picture, you can see a perfect depiction of caroline & karina's relationship: "get out of my face, caroline!!"



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when asked what his favorite part of our vacation was, ethan's first answer was, "the school house". he is talking about the oldest wooden school house in america. i think ethan enjoyed watching the animated teacher and students inside... i knew he'd either love it or be a little freaked out by the moving fake people, so i was happy that he found it interesting.



after we exited the schoolhouse, i earned my "brilliant mom of the year" award. amelia was asleep on me in the baby bjorn, and we were standing right by this bell. i encouraged ethan to ring the bell, and i wanted caroline to be close by in the picture. you know where this is going, right!?



BONG! BONG! BONG!


stupid, stupid me. but at least i got my picture. :)

well, i'm truckin' through these st. augustine posts. just a few more to go!