Yesterday we went to the Water Park Of America with the girls' cousins. A good time was had by all, although 3 adults to 6 kids is not a big enough ratio...
Eleanor wants me to write about her favorite part (and Amanda's favorite part): the family raft. First you climbed the stairs to the tippy-top floor (the 10th floor). There was an elevator that brought the 8-feet diameter rafts to the top floor. You got in and started down. The raft would go up the sides of the tube as though it were tipping over--Eleanor says it felt as though you might fall out. Sometimes you were on the inside of the building and sometimes you were on the outside. Michael and his sister took 5 kids: an 18 month old, 2 3 year olds and 2 6 year olds. I think they went down about 8 times. Amanda wasn't too sure she wanted to go down at first, but after the first ride when we were standing around deciding what to do, she started walking up the stairs all by herself. She was ready to go down all by herself, if necessary.
Luke enjoyed tubing around the perimeter on the "Lazy river". He enjoyed it so much that after lunch he managed to fall asleep in Daddy's arms. I don't know how many times they went around, but Luke probably slept for 45 minutes on the water. There were a few traditional water slides in the center part of the park, and he enjoyed those thoroughly, although he preferred the light ones to the dark ones. He would giggle as we went down the slide. I think he enjoyed himself more than I did.
Also in the middle of the park was a huge bucket way up at the top of the structure, which would fill up with water and then about every 2 minutes would pour it down on everyone. Some of the teenagers at the park seemed to like this, but Amanda and Luke were pretty scared.
We arrived home (after dinner in Woodbury) at about 9. Amanda was asleep. Eleanor was asleep. Luke... was awake.
Eleanor wants me to write about her favorite part (and Amanda's favorite part): the family raft. First you climbed the stairs to the tippy-top floor (the 10th floor). There was an elevator that brought the 8-feet diameter rafts to the top floor. You got in and started down. The raft would go up the sides of the tube as though it were tipping over--Eleanor says it felt as though you might fall out. Sometimes you were on the inside of the building and sometimes you were on the outside. Michael and his sister took 5 kids: an 18 month old, 2 3 year olds and 2 6 year olds. I think they went down about 8 times. Amanda wasn't too sure she wanted to go down at first, but after the first ride when we were standing around deciding what to do, she started walking up the stairs all by herself. She was ready to go down all by herself, if necessary.
Luke enjoyed tubing around the perimeter on the "Lazy river". He enjoyed it so much that after lunch he managed to fall asleep in Daddy's arms. I don't know how many times they went around, but Luke probably slept for 45 minutes on the water. There were a few traditional water slides in the center part of the park, and he enjoyed those thoroughly, although he preferred the light ones to the dark ones. He would giggle as we went down the slide. I think he enjoyed himself more than I did.
Also in the middle of the park was a huge bucket way up at the top of the structure, which would fill up with water and then about every 2 minutes would pour it down on everyone. Some of the teenagers at the park seemed to like this, but Amanda and Luke were pretty scared.
We arrived home (after dinner in Woodbury) at about 9. Amanda was asleep. Eleanor was asleep. Luke... was awake.
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