We went shoe shopping for the kids over the weekend and Oscar picked out a pretty sporty looking pair of sneakers for himself. As he was leaving the store with his new shoes on, we noticed how tall he looked and decided to measure him once we got home. Oscar has his own tape measure for the express purpose of checking his height and we quickly discovered that, with the help of the new shoes, he had pushed past the 42 inch mark!
42 inches might seem like a bit of an arbitrary milestone, but its one that has been on Oscar’s mind for over a year now. See, 42 inches just happens to be the minimum rider height for the two “real” roller coasters at Sea World here in San Diego. Oscar has been aching to get on the roller coasters since he was old enough to understand what they were. Anyone that’s seen his Legoland video, knows that Oscar is a bit of a thrill-seeker.
After discovering the magic of the new shoes, Anna half-jokingly said “you guys should go to Sea World and ride the roller coaster.” Well, Oscar and I take this sort of thing very seriously, so we did just that. At 6:00pm on Saturday night Oscar and I hopped in the car and headed over to Sea World for Oscar’s inaugural run on the “Journey to Atlantis”. Unfortunately, in all of our excitement, we sort of forgot how crowded it can be at Sea World on a summer night. It took us about 10 minutes to get into the park and then we spent another 45 minutes in line for the ride. It wasn’t an ideal situation, but Oscar was extremely patient and didn’t complain once.
You’ll find some video of our ride below. Oscar absolutely loved the entire thing and his reaction was well worth every minute we spent in line. He’s already planning our next trip (which will be early in the morning before the lines get too crazy).
Oscar doesn’t know it yet, but we’re heading up to Disneyland in September (our first time with the kids). I can’t wait to see what he thinks of Space Mountain and the Matterhorn.
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The problem with the Matterhorn isn’t the drops and turns, it’s the scary Yeti! Watch out Oscar!
Isn’t having kids so fun! I love taking Imogen to something new that I know she’ll love–it gives me pleasure beyond words.