amusement park fun

This past weekend we took the kids to Holiday World. It is an amusement park about an hour north of our house and it is totally geared to kids. We went with all of John’s old buddies and their families. That morning we got Av up and again made the mistake of telling her too soon what we were doing. All morning and the hour drive there all she wanted to do was go to the amusement park. She really didn’t even know what an amusement park was but she knew it had a splash park and that was enough for her. She was so excited. They have small kid rides, bigger kid rides, a few adult rides and a big water park. Av is tall enough to ride most of it but we didn't really ride much. The lines were long, it was HOT and the first ride she rode was the spider ride. She liked it at first but then it really started going and it scared her. When they stopped the ride she was crying so they got her off first. Plus Camille is really moving around a lot and does not like to be held captive much. So we headed to the water park. It is a very nice, clean water park. They have 2 wave pools, 2 lazy rivers, 3 kids splash areas and then some really fun looking water slides. We could have taken Av on the water slides but the lines were just so long. So we stayed in the different pools most of the day. Before we could leave though we promised Av that she could ride the carousel. She loves the one at the zoo. After that we decided to check out one more part of the park. It was another playground/water park with small rides. There was a little kid roller coaster. John took Av on that but again she was scared. They usually go around twice but let John and Av off after one trip around. We ended the day with big ice cream cones with sprinkles. All and all it was a great day!