Trackcat: 5 Years + 3 Months! (June 2018)

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

5 Years + 3 Months! (June 2018)

Preschool ended early in June, so summer started early for the kids! On what would have been the last day of school, Ryder had a graduation ceremony. The whole school came and the kids played games and sang some songs before the graduation. Next there was a ceremony where Ryder got his diploma and a nice picture of himself in graduation garb. That was followed by a brunch and then we took the kids to the beach, because it was a really nice day.

All Spring since the weather got nice again, Ryder has been out riding his pedal bike. He was able to ride it last year, but didn't feel really comfortable but this year, he was on it the first day we took the bikes out. This month, though, he and Vivi have been getting out the drift bike/trike. It's really Vivi that love it, but she isn't big enough to pedal it, so she and Ryder get on it together. He's pretty good at it, especially considering he's hauling two people around. It's a special trike made so that you can spin out at the end, which Ryder is able to do now and Vivi loves.

Over Father's Day weekend, we went to Thomasland at Edaville Railroad again. This year Ryder was big enough to go on the roller coaster. He and I went together and he seemed like he liked it, but he didn't want to try again. There were a bunch of other rides that he went on a few times, especially the one that lifts you up and then drops you back down again. This year we also made it to Dinoland (just another part of the park) and Ryder really enjoyed finding the dinosaurs in the forest.

Ryder loved the Fiesta boat races and greasy pole again this year. We didn't go on any rides because we had just gone to Thomasland, but we went to the boat races and Ryder went crazy cheering on Janda. he was yelling so loud that they could hear him way out on the boat. Even though Janda's boat lost a close race, Ryder was very proud!