Six Flags pics

So the day was good. The lines were short. The weather, though hot, was also windy. And today "windy" was a good thing.

We did the carousel, the Yosemite Sam boat ride, the train, the Mini Mine Train, the trucks, the antique cars, a carnival game. You name it and we did it if they were tall enough to do it alone.

(At least one person had to be with Caroline so we couldn't both ride with the big kids. This limited ride selection, but the kids didn't care.)

While Caroline and I were on the carousel (one out of the 743,382 times we rode it), Sarah and Jack saw Sylvester.

Later (much later because we were obviously all much sweatier) we saw Tweety, and Sarah's comment was, "I've taken pictures with enemies today."

True. Funny how her mind works. But true nonetheless.

These trucks on the track were a huge hit with Caroline. She couldn't get enough of them. Sarah and Jack rode twice, I think.

[Such an awkward arm pose. There was NOWHERE else for me to put it.]

Then this bus thing went round and round like a ferris wheel. Caroline was too short for this one. And, taking a pic of the other 3 was challenging. This was the best I could do.

Lunch was slightly chaotic. And bathroom breaks with Caroline weren't fun.

Why does she insist on touching the potty??? Even when I'm holding her hands so she won't touch it. I could have her shorts pulled back up and we're leaving the stall and she'll turn around and make a trip back to the toilet seat, just to touch it. WHY??!!

There were moments of exhaustion which equated to whining. And whining doesn't go over well with parents when money is being shelled out right and left to create a day of fun. I'm sure you can understand that. ;) So other than the one time that Jason had to walk away from Jack during our ice cream break so that he would avoid saying something he'd regret :), we all had an excellent time.

It was a long day. But a good day.

So happy, hot, and tired

Six Flags was hot! But tons of fun. After five hours, you can stick a fork in us. We're done.

Other guesses...

Playing at Mc Donald's
Visiting Aunt Kim
Swimming
Seriously? I must be a lame mom. They're HOPING the treat is playing at McDonalds??

Guesses so far...

So they've read their cards. They know we're going somewhere.
Jack guessed: Allison's birthday party
Sarah said that her party is on Saturday.
She guessed: Chuck E Cheese's
And the thing I love is that they would be THRILLED if we were going to Chuck E Cheese's for a birthday party. I know they won't always be so easily satisfied.

Tomorrow

So tomorrow is Thursday. The day of our surprise.

We're gonna take the kids to Six Flags. They've never been. Sarah has really wanted to go. So we're gonna skip school and go before all the kids get out of school for the summer.

But she doesn't know yet.

I made a card and wrote a little poem for her to read at breakfast tomorrow to let her know that she's not going to school, we have something else planned, but it doesn't say what we're doing.

I know it's just Six Flags. But we've never let her skip school and do something like this. And I thought she would think the card was fun. Plus I'm a dork.

And then I made one for Jack too so he wouldn't feel left out.

I think they'll be really excited! Heck, last night they were measuring the fireplace because they thought THAT was fun.

I had forgotten how expensive tickets are. BUT Caroline gets in free because she's 2 yrs old. And then I bought 2 boxes of Fruity Pebbles because they had these free children's tickets inside the box. (Free with the purchase of an adult ticket. Perfect!)

Since the trip is a surprise, I told Jack we were buying Fruity Pebbles to make Fruity Pebbles Treats. So we have those now too.

It's gonna be hot tomorrow, but it should be a really fun family day of junk food and kiddie rides. Which are exactly the kind of rides this "Don't want to climb higher than the 3rd rung of a ladder" girl likes.