Jungle Jims

We talked about going to Lagoon last weekend with the whole family because Keith and I had bounce back passes.  In the end we decided to be responsible and not spend the money.  It was really tough to realize that we ended up spending the same amount of money for Jonah's emergency room visit and we would have avoided the whole thing if we were at Lagoon.  Caitlyn said we should learn a lesson from that and always do fun things.  Anyway, Wyatt got all excited about Lagoon and asked every morning if this was the day we were going to "magoon."  I thought it would be fun to take Wyatt and Hallee to Jungle Jims so Wyatt could ride some rides.

Wyatt was a huge fan.  He was a little cautious at first, but he ended up doing all of the rides and loving them! 

We invited Tiff and the kids to come along.  I'm so glad they came because it made the day so much more fun for all of us!  Wyatt was in heaven, rides and Rockwell, it doesn't get much better than that.  The boys loved the bumper cars.  It was so fun to watch them because they were smiling the whole time.

I had to do all of the rides with Hallee or she wouldn't do them.  These spinning cups made me sick! 

There was no way I could fit in these jeeps so I just stuck Hallee on and told the guy to turn it on.  I was pretty confident she would like them and I was right.  I don't think I could have done that on the other rides, but she loved this one. Hallee went on this one a lot.  It was so cute to see Hallee and Tessa looking at each other and laughing during the ride.  For such a feisty personality Hallee is sure a scaredy cat!  She gets that from me!

Wyatt watched this roller coaster when we got there and told me that he was not going on it.  I heard him tell Rockwell the same thing.  Later Wyatt and Rockwell ran up to us and said they were going on the roller coaster, I was shocked.  I ran over and took a picture because I figured Wyatt would only go on it once.  He was really nervous when it started.  He was hanging on for dear life and looked like he might cry.  As he passed me he said, "hi mom," in the most sad, pathetic voice.

At some point on that first ride he stopped feeling scared and loved it.  He was all smiles after that and wanted to go on it over and over.  I'm so glad he tried it.  Rockwell is so good for Wyatt.  He gets Wyatt to try things that are out of his comfort zone without pressuring him at all.  I guess that is why Wyatt responds to him because there is no way I could have talked Wyatt into going on that ride.

Hallee preferred the playground to the rides.  I'm sure glad we didn't pay for her to go to Lagoon!

Of course they always love the rides and games that take tokens instead of the rides you paid for them to ride on.

Hallee wanted to go on the bumper cars.  I didn't know if she would be able to drive them, but she was excited about them so I put her in one.  She was hilarious to watch.  At first she drove around in a perfect circle over and over.  When people would bump into her she would give them a dirty look. 

She told me she wanted to get off, but I told her she had to stay in her car until the ride stopped.  The guy running the ride might have fallen asleep because it was like a 5 minute ride.  Hallee just gave up and stayed in the corner, took her seat belt off and put her legs up and watched the other kids ride around.  It was so funny.

I had to stand next to Hallee on the merry-go-round and she held me with a death grip!  She went on that a couple of times though.  I think she had fun, but rides may not be her thing, at least not yet.  Wyatt had so much fun and hasn't stopped talking about it.  He wanted me to take a video of him on the roller coaster so he could show everyone at home.  He loved showing them how fast it went.  It was fun to take the little two out and let them do something that was just for them.  I think they deserve it after a summer of being dragged all over for activities for the older kids!