So my brave sister and I just returned from a 5 hour round trip car ride with Ju Ju Bee and Lu Lu the Lobster girl to visit Storyland in northern NH.
This is their first theme park visit with their momma and they both did swimmingly well.
We weren't sure at first. Juliette burst into tears halfway through the teacup ride. The catch was she wasn't on it at the time - only me and Evie. But it stressed her out enormously to watch us whipping around in those teacups and laughing hysterically. After that she and I had a chat about how she didn't need to worry and no one was going to force her to go on any ride she wasn't ready for.
Juliette is a driver. She drove the swan boats, the cars (twice) the tractor, and also did several train/tram kinds of rides.
Genevieve rode the roller coaster twice and wanted to do everything that remotely looked scary. Going up to North Conway and visiting the Storyland of our childhood was a trip for me and Heidi. We had such fun reaquainting ourselves with the 3 bears house, Cinderella's castle, the swan boats and going on new rides too.
We both remembered different things about the park and we also drove by our Aunt's old place for good measure. She and her husband built a lovely Swiss chalet into the side of a hill with beautiful mountain views. We were especially pleased to see the new owners are keeping it up so nicely.
Funny to think of Juliette and Evie taking their kids to Storyland in 35 years. I have a feeling the old woman in the shoe will still be there.
