Half Birthday

August 9, 2008

For Katie's second annual Half Birthday celebration, we went to what will be the tradition until she tells us otherwise: Emerald Pointe water park in Greensboro. Last year, the temperature was a sweltering 113 degrees. This year, it might have reached 85 degrees at the hottest point in the day. By evening, it was feeling a bit chilly.

I had anticipated that Katie had grown enough over the past year that we'd all be able to ride more than we were able to ride last year, which was just a large raft ride. But she was still several inches too small, so we spent most of our time in the various pools, the lazy river, or the Cyclone.

The day went quickly and Katie seemed to thoroughly enjoy herself. After the park, we stopped by the Cracker Barrel in Burlington and enjoyed a relaxing dinner.

On the long trip home, she fell asleep in the van. Without asking permission to do so. She was THAT tuckered out.