Carousel Ride

On Presidents' Day, we were feeling a little cabin fever and it was too cold to play outside so we ventured to one of the malls that could be "our mall" since relocating to Acton.  After exploring the play area and some of the stores, we went to the food court for some pizza and got a table right near the huge carousel.  We watched lots of kids and parents ride around and Finley had fun waving to them and pointing out the different horses.  Finley, Dagny and I had been there once before and Finley didn't ask to go on the carousel (since he's a bit of a chicken), but he surprised Dan and I by asking to go on it after he finished his pizza.  Dan was a good sport and agreed to take Finley aboard.  $2 later, they walked around to pick a horse.

Even before the carousel started to move, Finley was SUPER excited.  Can you tell?

The operator went around and made sure everyone was strapped in safely and off they went!

According to Dan, Finley called out "Ride 'em, cowboy!" over and over as they went round and round.  He seemed to be in heaven each time he came around and smiled at me and Dagny.  I have to admit, his joy even made me a bit giddy.  There's nothing like seeing your kid be amazingly happy.

 We mentioned his carousel ride to Dan's parents that evening and they were impressed since apparently Dan was even more of a wuss than Finley and would have NEVER gone on such a ride at this age.  I guess Finley's scaredy-cat nature may be genetic and there's hope he will grow out of it at some point :)