Belmont Park

There's a small amusement park about 5 blocks from where we're staying so we wandered over to see what it had. It has one of the oldest wooden roller coasters still in use, and S&O were crushed to learn they were too short to ride it. The consolation was that the carousel was just right. For the first time, they rode alone while Allison & I watched from the pavement (it was a bit nerve wracking, I'll admit). As always, Owen was ecstatic while Sasha was...bored.

After the carousel, we found this place called "Rope Adventures". It was this series of ropes and boards hanging 30 feet in the air. S&O looked at it and declared that they were going up. I was a bit skeptical but went anyway. We got strapped into harnesses and I paired Allison with Sasha thinking that Owen would need the most assistance.
Well, we got to the top, looked down, and Owen immediately announced that he'd done what he needed to do and was ready to go back. Because of the way our harnesses were attached to the overhead rails, I went with Owen while Allison continued on with Sasha.
I tell you: that child crushed Rope Adventures. She was here, she was there, she was everywhere. Allison was with her every step of the way (like it or not), and it reminded me of the visit we made home around the time of their first birthday when Sasha insisted that Allison (and only Allison) walk her all over the house, all day, every day. It was totally incredible. And she's just barely four. I'm guessing that Owen will be doing dressage while Sasha does the show jumping.

Waving from one of the platforms.

This is 30 feet in the air!

Clearly much more interesting than some stinkin' carousel.