Grover's Alpine Express

So yesterday we took Jude to Busch Gardens for his birthday. I think we picked the one day of the summer that was windless so you can imagine that we had little to help us battle against the heat bearing down on us. Well I do have to give credit to that Pompeii water ride which cooled me off for a good hour. Unfortunately it also kept my shoes nice and squishy all day long.

So my favorite part of the day and without a doubt was Jude's favorite part was Grover's Alpine Express the kids rollercoaster in the Sesame Forest of Fun section of the park. However our pleasure over the same ride came from very different reasons. The seats on the rollercoaster were for two people only so Jude and Brandon sat on the same seat and I rode behind them. Even from behind him I got to see his expressions and I'll never forget it. The roller coaster was decently scary for a kid Jude's size and it was his first time so I thought this could go only one of two ways. He's either gonna pee his pants on the first drop or he's gonna freak out in a good, surprised, this is so cool kind of way. I laughed my head off when he did the latter and found myself so proud and emotional to see him have such a good time. So I loved it because he loved it and well he just loved it because it was fun. Then we checked out the his photo and didn't hesitate to get it because it is just so priceless. I didn't want to go through the trouble of scanning it so I just took a picture of the picture so it's a bit hazy but still so adorable. Happy 4th Birthday to my baby Jude who isn't very much of a baby boy anymore. Tear.