Since Ben starts school next week (ok, it’s only PreK but still) I wanted to do something special with him. I dropped Cassidy off with our babysitter in the morning and we headed to Tim Hortons to get donuts. A sprinkle one for Ben of course. He was calling them “sparkle” donuts for a while and then told me he picked one with “sprinks.” Cutest thing ever. We had to do a few lame errands while we were out (gas and bank) but then went to the store to pick out a big kid sized backpack for him.

Then we headed to Seabreeze! It’s like a smaller Six Flags, I’d only been once back in college. My freshman year, each college at RIT (art, engineering, science, etc) sent their incoming students on a field trip their first week of orientation. Science college went to the zoo, engineering college got somewhere lame (I don’t remember what) and Imaging Arts went to Seabreeze. Gosh, that was 10 years ago!

Ben had a blast! We stuck mostly with the kiddie rides (he wasn’t tall enough for a lot of the other ones). We did the bumper cars, kiddie airplane and boats, train ride, carousel, kiddie swings and mini roller coaster. We even did the log ride, I was SO proud of him for wanting to try it. I was slightly terrified, you’re not buckled in at all so when you get lift as you’re coming down I was holding on to Ben with one arm and the log with the other ;-) I’m normally all for thrill rides, but not when I’m the only one holding my kid in! He thought it was the coolest thing ever. Then there was the wave pool, splash park and kiddie sized water slides. We had a picnic lunch and got ice cream cones too.

It was such a fun, memorable day with him. I only took one picture the entire time but don’t regret it at all, I was so caught up in the moment with him that it seemed silly to try to get a ton of pictures. Totally guilty of doing this on other outings…quick, lets pose so we remember this instead of wholly experiencing the moment we’re in.

Fantastic day! Ben still talks about that “wood” (log) ride and how wet we got :)