Monday Funday Week Five (Amusement Park and Wildlife Refuge!)

Our Grand Finale of Monday Funday's was spent at two special places in a touristy area about an hour from our home.

M and T: We were ready for a day of fun!

We always like to start the day with a photo of the kids so if they are lost we can show others just what they look like that day.  Thankfully we have never had to use the photos for anything other than blog posts.  The photo above is all shadows so it wouldn't have been too helpful anyway. 

Once we were ready to rock with our tickets we headed to the carousel.  It seems that is always a great ride to start on.  It calms fears and settles us for adventure. 

Hi DAD!!!

After the carousel it was time for the train.  The wait for the train is the longest, but we know the lines get longer as the day goes on so we decided to get the wait and the ride out of the way.  The wait was worth it. Our whole family enjoyed the ride.

Ready to ride!

Daddy was there too! 

I wonder if he is enjoying the beauty or the ride, maybe both!

M: This was our train!

T: I didn't want to do a normal pose by the train!

After the train we went on lots and lots of rides.  M was REALLY into the big slide.  T wasn't as big of a fan, but she enjoyed going on lots of other rides while M did the slide several times.

M: Wow, that slide looks big. T: Good thing we get to sit on Daddy's lap!

T: We were up REALLY high!

Ready to fly!

M: This sure is a big climb up the slide Dad!

M: This is so fun Daddy!  Let's do it again and again!

T: I was NOT into waving at the Mommy!

T: I will drive, you just keep ringing the bell, OK? 

I don't love the concept of the airplane ride because the guns are pointing right at the kids in the other seats, but it is the perfect not totally baby and not totally big kid ride.  M was eager to get on, but then the fear set in and the ride operator graciously allowed him to hop off before the ride started.  We did get a sweet picture of him in the ride so I count that as a solid try! I want to point something about the picture below.  M was FULL of fear in this photo, but his face shows a slightly different story.  There are so many layers to this little man.

M: I am not sure about this one. 

T: I actually really loved the shooting. (Oh dear!)

T: WHEEEEEEEE!

T: I loved the purple car.  The steering wheel really moved the tires!

T: First a purple car and then a purple boat with new friends!  So fun! 

After a few hours in the park morale was getting low and hunger was setting in.  We grabbed the cooler and found a great place to eat our lunch!

T: I love hard boiled eggs!

Full tummies are happy tummies!

After our late lunch we made our way over to a wildlife sanctuary.  We didn't have too much time to spend there so we only saw half of what there is to see, but the kids liked what we saw.  It was our first time there and we were very impressed!  There have so many fun things for kids, but as usual, the kids run so fast it is hard to catch them enjoying the fun things.

M and T: Look at all the rocks Grandma Judy!

M: Then we found another rock display too!

T: After the rock displays I found this cool candy display with some buttons on the side. 

T: Mommy is just pretending the bear is biting her.  He was not an alive bear!

T: I am a T turtle and we both start with T!

M: I wanted to be a turtle too!

There were many samples of animal poo to check out.  The kids were fascinated!

M: Can this really be?  A box full of poo? 

M: We should scare away all the birds!  T: Yeah, lets do it!