Disney's Blizzard Beach(August 10, 2008)

I had been feeling kind of guilty that I hadn't really taken Hailey anywhere extremely kid oriented for some weeks now when one evening she was looking through my treasure chest and discovered some photos we'd taken at Disney's Blizzard Beach when she was about 3 or 4 years old. She didn't seem to remember much of the park except for the giant ice cubes in one of the pools that you hang onto and try to walk across.

She enjoyed looking at the photos and had lots of questions. Her last question was, "Mommy, when can we go there again?" This was said in her sweet little voice, the one that comes out when she's trying to get something out of me:)

Of course, instantly, that one question ended all my guilt. I immediately said, "I'll try to take you before school starts again".

And so it happened. A week before school was to start, off we headed to Blizzard Beach.

The day turned out to be perfect, scorching hot. The park was really crowded but she managed to ride all the slides she wanted.

Unlucky for me that she really wanted to go on the highest slide that's in the park. It's called Summit Plummet and it's a 12 story drop!!! I had told her there was no way I was going to go on that slide.

Sergio is totally afraid of heights so that slide was out of the question for him as well.

That left only Hailey but I couldn't let her stand in that long line by herself. My original plan was to stand in line with her and once she reached the top, I'd leave her to go down the slide and I'd climb all the way back down down a very long staircase. But when we got to the top, I couldn't see myself going back down through all the people so I opted for the quicker option, going down the slide as well.

Sounded so easy but when I got to the top and looked down, I really thought I was going to pass out. The drop down is so intense and we were so high up. But no room to turn around, I went for it and let me tell you, I will never do that again.

I felt like I was falling out of a building. It was horrible!!!

Even Hailey said afterwards that we should have taken the curvy slide, which was a few drops lower than the highest one she'd chosen!!!