Lagoon!!! It's what FUN is!

Yesterday Wendy, Marla, and I took Kaylee, Gabby, and Roman to Lagoon (a local amusement park). Our cousin Darren is the landscape architect there and was able to get us some really good employee discount tickets. The park opened at 11:00 but since we got stuck in really horrible construction traffic we got there at about 11:20 and didn't leave until 7:30. The kids would have loved to stay longer but they all have 8:00 bedtimes and needed to get home to bed.

We started our day over in the kids rides area. Roman wanted to ride the helicopters first. We decided to let the kids take turns picking which ride they wanted to go on and it worked out really well that way.



After about an hour or so in the kids area they started saying that they were hot and wanted to play in water. So, we went over near the entrance of the park ehere they have a fountain to run through and play in (it's really similar to the fountain at Gateway Plaza). They loved it and played in the fountain for probably about 45 minutes and were BEYOND soaked when they came out of the fountain.

After convincing the kids to get out of the fountain we headed over to the Pioneer Village to eat lunch and go on water rides in there since the kids were already wet. Roman was super tired since it was way past nap time. Wendy got him to fall asleep while Marla and I took Kaylee and Gabby on Rattlesnake Rapids. Then Wendy and Marla took them on the Log Flume. Roman woke up right as they were coming down the log flume.

We had to go back to the main gate to get our hands re-stamped because all of our stamps were washing off. Kaylee really wanted cotton candy so we took a snack break, went on the terroride (haunted house), and then went over to the bumper cars. Kaylee really liked the bumper cars because she undertood how they worked. Roman and Gabby got stuck along the edge and got really frustrated.

Since Roman and Gabby were really frustrated with the bumper cars we went over to the speedway Jr. where they wouldn't have such problems driving. They enjoyed a nice relaxing drive through the flowers.

We let the kids go on a few more rides, then we went on the log flume one more time with Roman awake...then it was time for a much needed dippin dots ice cream break.

You would think after 8 hours of playing at an amusement park the kids would be so tired that they would fall asleep as soon as they got in the car. We drove the hour and 15 minutes home and the kids played all the way home. When we got home they asked if they could play outside with the neighbor kids. It was 8:45!!!! They ALWAYS go to bed at 8:00. I can't believe they were ready to play more. I was ready to fall asleep before I walked in the door. It was a very fun day and the kids enjoyed every moment of fun.