Fun at Nickelodeon

Dear Mackenzie,

To celebrate JieJie's upcoming birthday, we went to Nickelodeon Universe yesterday. We also brought along two of JieJie's best friends and arrived right when the amusement park opened. Spending an entire day at an amusement park while taking care of two extra kids was exhausting and I was definitely feeling it by the early afternoon when we were all in line for the Dora train ride. The line was the longest one but it was actually a fun ride because the tracks were in the air and went all around the park, so you were able to see everything from a cool perspective (we even spotted Daddy and Second GuhGaw playing at the arcade and called down to them but they didn't hear us)--plus it was a slow, calm ride, which I appreciated! The best part of the ride, though, was when you looked around and then leaned against me, hugged my arm, smiled so sweetly and said to me, "I having fun at Nickelodeon." And suddenly all of my exhaustion (and slight nausea from a super fast and spinny roller coaster I had ridden earlier) was totally worth it! By the way, you also got to meet Chase! The way you smiled and hugged him--OMG!

In other cute news, I was cutting pieces of mozzarella for JieJie's favorite mushroom pasta dish today and not only did you eat practically half the ball because you liked it so much, you kept calling it "marmella."

Love,

Mom