On Monday, the kids and I met up with a couple of my college girlfriends and their kids at a nearby water park. It's a relatively small park, but still had plenty to keep the kids entertained while we grown ups talked... and talked... and talked!
On Wednesday, Robert took the day off work and we went to Six Flags. Kenna and Cullen had both earned a free ticket through a reading program at school and we also had a free ticket for Camden. We have a trip to Disney World planned for November and we thought this would be a good test. Now, I know that Disney is a completely different animal from Six Flags and thankfully we won't have the summer heat to deal with in November, but we still thought this would be a good opportunity to see what kind of rides the kids would be willing to ride and how they would do waiting in lines. Well, thankfully we didn't get to test out the waiting in line part. It was really hot, so we were grateful that we were able to walk onto most of the rides. The few rides that did have lines, we didn't wait more than 10 or 15 minutes for. As far as what kind of rides the kids like goes, pretty much nothing too scary or big. An unexpected problem we encountered with Kenna was that she was too tall for some of the kiddie rides. Some of them she did get to ride as long as she was accompanying one of the boys, but some they just wouldn't let her on. I don't expect that to be a problem at Disney, though. At any rate, we had a great time and are even more excited about our Disney trip now - if that was possible!
The kids with some Looney Toons characters (I'm not sure they even know who Marvin the Martian is!)
Cullen and Camden loved the train and insisted on riding it twice - once in the caboose and once in the engine.
Robert and Kenna on a "roller coaster". This one is pretty small and designed for younger kids. The next time Kenna wanted to ride it they wouldn't let her on without a passenger under a certain height. Both the boys had already ridden it once and wanted nothing to do with riding it again!
All three kids loved this ride. The boys seemed to prefer the spinning around rides to anything resembling a roller coaster.
The kids and I leave town Sunday morning for a mission trip to South Texas with a group from our church. We have a few guys going to work on construction and the women and children will split into two teams to conduct four Vacation Bible Schools - two in the mornings and two in the evenings. Please say a prayer for safety (and patience!) on the 10 hour car trip and for God's blessings on the work we do there. Also, for Robert as he spends the week alone at home - what will he do with all the peace and quiet?!
2 comments:
Next summer I think I will spend it at your house. You guys know how to have fun.
I love Six Flags. How did Robert do on the rides?
Robert if you get too lonesome come over and I will either cook for you or take you to dinner.
Hugs
Aunt Isy
Cullen, you should have gone to California with me. It looks like you would be good on a surfboard.
Aunt Isy
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