For Keely's 3rd birthday present Daniel and I decided to take her on a helicopter ride. She has plenty of toys and we thought a great memory would be a better present. Last summer when we were at the beach with Uncle Nick right next to our resort was a helicopter tour. Since then she has been in love with helicopters and pointing them out all the time!
So we got there and they let us go up and see the helicopter, which was good for Keely. She got a little nervous, but we kept telling her it was safe, etc.
They cranked up the helicopter and we opted to pay the extra money for the headphones that connect to each other so we could talk. I'm glad we did it because we could talk to her and it drowned out MOST of the noise. We climbed in and she sat between Daniel and I. As we were taking off Keely was chanting under her breath "I'm safe, I'm safe, I'm safe".
She stayed plastered to me at first, but then relaxed and looked out both windows. The only time after that she got scared was when the helicopter banked to return and we tilted a LOT. Thankfully that didn't last long.
Thankful that we were able to make such great memories! She loved it so much and it was hard to get her to stop talking about it. She even made up a song on the way home, but I can't get the file to post.
