Two Flags



I took Monday off and we headed to Six Flags for the day (“Two Flags” according to Jack).  All five of us went, plus Nick’s girlfriend, Emma.  I think Jack loves Emma as much as Nick does. Jack is always competing with Nick for her attention.  Emma sat next to Jack in the car and they watched Star Wars together.  At one point, Emma was holding Jack’s hand and Nick was walking behind them (I wish I had a picture of that).  Bernie says Nick should be happy that Jack isn’t ten years older.  Jack says he wants his own Emma.  Bernie told Jack that when he’s older we can go to the “Emma store” and get him one.  LOL. 

 

We spent the majority of our day in the water park.  Jack has never been a big fan of the water.  He is getting braver this year.  He was going down some smaller water slides and floating in shallow pools in his lifejacket.

 

The Runner's World Quote of the Day today is:

"Courage is only an accumulation of small steps." - George Konrad

 

That quote made me think of Jack and how he is overcoming his fear of having water in his face; and really trying to learn how to swim.  It also made me think of our loved one who is beginning a difficult journey tomorrow.  When we have to face our fears, whether or not the circumstances involve a life altering event, we just have to put one foot in front of the other. We have to keep moving forward.  Eventually those small steps add up to something much greater.

 

On the other end of the spectrum, Vivian loves the water for the most part and exhibits little fear. Although she did not appreciate going through the waterfall on the Adventure River.  They both enjoyed playing in the fountains:

 

 

 

 

Before we left "two flags," Jack and Daddy played a water race game.  If you won one race, you could pick from a few prizes.  If you won two races, you could pick any prize.  When they started playing, no one else was around.  In fact, Bernie had to play because the game required a minimum of two players.  Jack easily won:

 

As they finished that race, other people started to crowd around.  Not sure if Jack would win a second race if there were a bunch of competitors, Bernie told Jack to pick one of the smaller prizes.  Jack had his heart set on a giant octopus and refused to choose anything else.  Bernie chose a gecko for Jack and Jack pouted all the way back to the car and half way home. He hated the gecko and he "hated the day."  Well, apparently he didn't hate anything nearly as much as he said, because this is what I found when I went to turn his lights off that night (yes, that is said gecko):

 

Overall,  it was a great day. I think even Jack would agree.