Victoria Gardens


The end of summer has come and gone and before it was over we had to pack in a lot of last minute summer acitivies. 
All summer I have seen adds for the Victorian Gardens amusement park in Central Park. I have wanted to go all summer. I found out it was closing soon which finally gave us the motivation to go. It was awesome! We are so happy we went. Cosette had the best time. She was able to go on a little more than half the rides. We got the unlimited ride pass so Lyndon could take Cosette on the rides as many times as she wanted. Being nine months pregnant did not allow me to go on any of the rides, so I was the photographer for the day.


She was pretty excited once she realized what was going on. She was ready to start riding all the rides.


Cosette got to ride in the yellow boat! That is exciting because while in Tennessee she saw a yellow boat and she became obsessed with it. Her favorite color is yellow too so that might have something to do with it. Anyway, all three of us were excited that she got to ride in the yellow boat.


Beautiful city view on a beautiful summers day.


Then she got to ride in a yellow plane!


Look at how hight it went. She is not a baby anymore. She is a little girl. These pictures really make that evident. She is a big girl now.



There is no trace of baby in this photo of Cosette. She is a big girl. 



Her favorite ride of the day was the frog ride. Six times she and Daddy went on it. They rode in every color frog except the red one. She loved it. I think they went on it three or four times in a row. 






She went on her first "roller coaster". It was small and no big drops. Perfect for her.


She is such a girl. I love it! She wanted to ride on the pink train. Luckily she got too. When the gate opened she rushed right to it.  

I am not ready for summer to be over. I have loved our summer in the city. 


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