Amusement Park

I've meant to make this blog post for about 2 weeks now. Or at least since I made my last posting, since we did these both on the same weekend.

We took the kids to their first amusement park. It was geared to younger kids and actually looked like a ten year-old would be bored here. Anyway, the kids loved it. Michael, Nils and I went on a pirate water ride- Jay chose to stay on shore. Smart for him because Michael and I got soaked. Nils stayed dry- he started crying so I huddled over him and then he loved it. Go figure, he's a fish and cried because he got wet. (It was pretty intense though).

Michael took Jay and Nils, individually, on the huge Ferris wheel too. They loved the view and everything. I can't deal with heights like that when I'm in a non-enclosed space (see the Switzerland entries for an angst-filled photo of me ready to go in a gondola- and that's closed!). We also went on a tractor ride, trampolines, massive slides, a train ride and a huge play/climb-ground.

Before I had kids (shoot, even three days before we went!), I always swore that I would never, ever be the type of mom who would let her preschooler run around in only a diaper and tee. Well, I became that mom! There was water on the playground and rather than try to limit Nil's playing, we just took off his shorts- we had more diapers but not more pants! Of course, I shall choose not document evidence of this alleged incident- no photos of Nils playing in his diaper!