Family Vacation~ Santa Cruz (Boardwalk)

Really you can not visit Santa Cruz without coming to the boardwalk.

Lily is not much into rides.

She is really into the ice cream though.

Anyways last year she rode these trucks with my mom.

She would not go alone so I had to ride along with her.

It didn't matter that she couldn't see me.

Peter found this hilarious and took several pictures of me on my phone.

What's this, Lily on a ride without an adult.

She really wanted a boat ride and well mommy would have sunk it.

She gathered the courage to go on her own.

She also rode the pepsi truck and the cars by herself once she found out it wasn't so scary.

I was proud of my little girl.

She doesn't like to try new things, and I could tell she was also proud of herself.

On a whole different topic, to ride the carosel at the Boardwalk you must be 36 inches high.

Peter and I didn't even measure her we just assumed she couldn't be that tall. So we waited together in a line with only one set of tickets. I was quite sure I was getting on as a chaperone. To my dismay my little one has surpassed the height requirement and is over 36 inches tall. Needless to say we had to get out of line and buy more tickets. I am having trouble with this getting bigger thing. She is going to be 5 in a few short months it is impossible to fathom my baby getting so big. Isn't there a way to keep her little and cuddly forever? I am just feeling a little uneasy about the whole thing. With each new age I decide it is my favorite and 4 right now is so much fun. She is funny and sassy at a whole new level, but even so it is hard to see her getting so big.