One last day of fun

Since Skylar and James start school on Tuesday, I decided to take them to Adventureland for one final day of summer fun. They had never been here before and I use to come here all the time as a child, so I think that I was more excited than they were. The day was a little overcast and we had an occasional sprinkle of rain, the Iowa State Fair was going on, and some schools had started, so we were one of the very few people there. It turned out to be a perfect day for us to come. We had to wait for no rides and if the kids wanted to ride a ride again, all they had to do was stay on the ride. I mean, I remember waiting two hours to go on the raging river and today, we just took the loop three times without ever getting off! There was no competition for the games, so Skylar or James won everytime! We all had so much fun, especially me as I relived a bit of my childhood! The kids went on everyride, including the big roller coasters (I had to talk them into these, but they still went!). I can't wait to go again next year!


James and I sat out of a lot of rides, because the spinning rides make us sick. But Skylar was up for everything. In fact, throughout the day, she went on the Silly Silo six times. The first time, she was so scared and watching her face was so funny. When she was scared on a ride, she kept trying to sink herself lower into her seat to make herself smaller and smaller. Well, on the Silly Silo, she had no place to go. However, after the first time she kept going back for more.


The kids loved playing the games, especially since they were almost guaranteed to win a prize nearly every time. Here, James is pretty proud of his big monkey (he won two little monkeys and traded up for a big one), especially since Skylar did not get a big one (Skylar did let him win though since I asked her to!)

Here they are with about half of the prizes they took home.


The only problem with the day was that there was three of us, so Skylar had to ride alone a lot. She was fine with that and if she was a little scared she would just go up to some single rider and ask if she could go along with them (she has so fear of people!).

Everyone loves the bumper cars!



Of course, you can't have a day at an amusement park without a lot of junk food! The kids were in heaven!