Adventureland

Finally we broke down and did our Adventureland trip! We went with Sam, Scott and Boston which works out great for all of us. The kids can ride with each other and if the adults want to ride we have other people to watch the kids for us!  We did decide to take Piper with us this year, knowing that she doesn't always need a nap and hoping she would like to ride some rides! We got there at 10 am....and went straight to the log ride b/c we wanted to beat the crowds! All of us rode it...even Piper, she was not impressed and kept her head down against Steve the whole time.

But that didn't stop her from being able to try other rides (thank goodness!)

While the group went to ride the Outlaw, I took Piper to ride the little boats by herself....she was hesitant, but she did it and loved it! :)

Even Boston is still a little hesitant of some rides which makes him the perfect partner for Piper! Presley often thinks she is took old or cool to ride on some of the little kid rides!

She was tall enough for the Tornado...and the 3 of us rode it! I was nervous for her but she says she liked it. I haven't rode on it in years and that sucker whips you around like crazy!

We did rides and grabbed some lunch and then headed to the waterpark, it was a little overcast but the water was actually pretty nice. Piper eventually got up the courage to go down the little water slide!

Presley and Boston did so good in the kid pool (3 ft deep) having fun on the slides and 'swimming'.

The others did a couple more slides and pools and Piper and I hung out while she ate her popsickle. Such a ham! I think she watches her sister pose for the camera too much!

and one last ride on the little boats!

We made our way out of the park about 6 pm....which the kids did fantastic for a full day of fun and we would've stayed longer but the storm clouds were rolling in. We honestly didn't get to ride everything that Presley wanted to since we spent 3 hours in the water park but I'm so glad they both had fun and were SO good for us! Successful day of fun before school starts!

 

Yesterday we tried to sleep in...Piper now has a habit of getting up at 8 and slowly creeping into our room and I can hear the sucking ofher pacifer and she is standing next to my side of the bed (always my side!), I pick her up and put her in bed with us and snuggle for as long as we can.

Steve worked on the shed again...it's about 90% done! Woohoo! The girls and I just hung out all morning, they played good and drove me crazy, I cleaned, did laundry, picked up and just got ready for the week ahead. Then we had Piper's meet the teacher at 2 pm, so the 3 of us girls went very briefly. She has spent time in her new room, one of her teachers was her teacher last year, so it wasn't THAT different for her. New class, new locker, big kid side of the building but it was good to exposure her to everything. Then we headed over to Holly and Jerry's. They decided to have some family and friends over to 'celebrate' Jerry's accomplishment with his play. The weather was perfect and it was nice to see everyone. The girls played good with the other kids, we all ate and talked and then we headed home about 5:30 since it was a school night!!! :)