Fun Park!

Yet another blog post with no pictures. We went to Knobels Grove on Sunday, but it was such a rainy day that we didn't bother with the camera. We got wet, but the kids didn't seem to mind too much.

Christie, Briley, and Marina stopped over at our house, and all seven of us packed in to the Burby. We arrived at the park right as it was opening, a little after 11, and headed striaght to the kiddie rides. All the kids rode the Merry-go-round, the Red Baron, and the Jet Sky Fighters. Then Gavin got in the Ball Crawl (His favorite, we probably spent an hour and a half total there over the course of the day) while the girls got on some other rides. Then we met up again for the Firetrucks, Frog Hopper (another favorite of all the kids), the Kiddie Whip (Never liked the name of that one), drove the Panther Cars, the Kiddie Bumper Cars, and took a ride on the Kiddie Ferris Wheel. Before we knew it, it was time to eat lunch. While taking some refuge from the rain and eating a pizza, we met up with the Macoys, and also with Aunt Beppers and Uncle Nick. Beppers took Briley, Malin, and Gavin on the Haunted House ride. Malin loved it, and went on again with Daddy, and then again with Mommy. Gavin said that he liked it, but wouldn't get on again. He talked about the monsters the entire rest of the day -- to the point that everyone around him was getting annoyed! We kept trying to change the subject, but somehow he always managed to get back to the haunted house.

After lunch, we all kind of did our own thing. Mommy and Malin went on some of the bigger rides -- Tilt-a-Whirl, Pheonix, Teacups, and the Skloosh -- while Daddy and Gavin sort of hung out with the Holdermans in kiddie land. Gavin spent some more time in the ball pit, rode Ol' Smokey, and drove a motor boat. Also, he returned to the Frog Hopper numerous times, jumped in the Space Walk - and did I mention he played in the ball pit? Soon it was time to walk to the pavilion for our catered meal.

Our pavilion this year was over near the creek, and true to form, Gavin got away from Daddy and was chest-deep in the water before Daddy got him. Daddy was not too happy that he had to wade in the creek in his sneakers, but with Gavin, stuff like that should be expected! The dinner was pretty average -- hot dogs, burgers, macaroni salad, coleslaw, baked beans, potato chips, and ice cream. Malin wasn't feeling well after riding too many dizzy rides in a row, so she didn't eat much. Gavin was too excited to eat. At least being in the pavilion gave us the opportunity to change in to some dry clothes and get warmed up for a few minutes.

After dinner we put all the kids in to their swimsuits and rode the Skloosh a couple of more times. We got soaked, but at that point, no one cared. It had more or less poured all day. We took a wet ride on the nature train before heading back to kiddie land to use up the last of our ride tickets.

By the time we got back to the burby, got all the kids dried off, changed and curled up in their seats it was after 6. Marina fell asleep before we got out of the parking lot; Briley and Malin fell asleep before Sunbury. Of course, Gavin stayed awake and talked about the Haunted House the whole way home. Home by 8, and we all went straight to bed. Now today, we are all sick. But it was worth it!