My Adventures: Our First Time to Lakeside

Alright, on to more lighthearted and fun things. This year we have done the summer reading program at the library. However, this year I feel like my kids are actually old enough to reap some significant benefits of doing the program. Anyway, on of the prizes award to the kids as the complete level one is a ticket to Lakeside Amusement Park with a discount ride pass for an adult. I haven't ever been until this year even though we had passes before. I just never really thought our kids were big enough or old enough to go, but this year we thought we would give it a shot.

So, we took Kylee and Tia to Lakeside on Thursday night. We left around 5:30 and got there about 6:30. We got ride I.D.'s for all of us and started riding. Actually the girls did most of the riding because adults can't ride the rides in Kiddie Land. That is kind of a bummer, but oh well. Anyway, the girls had a blast. They rode I think just about every ride in Kiddie Land. By far there favorite ride in Kiddie Land was the roller coaster. However, Kylee also enjoyed the Frog Hopper and Tia enjoyed the cars and motorcycle rides too. Kylee rode the roller coaster at least 10 times and Tia rode a good five times too. Kylee rode it so much there was more than once she just made it look as if she were taking a ride in the car she was so calm about it. The silly kid. We also took them into the main park, but they were too short for most of the rides. Although we did take them on the Merry-Go-Round, Ferris Wheel, this airplane ride, a boat ride, and a train ride. Kylee's favorite of those rides was the Ferris Wheel and Tia loved the train. Tia was so afraid that we were going to miss the train she started crying. We saw the train and then started running to the station, and the train passed us. Well, Gaupo and I knew it would stop at the station, but Tia was sure it was leaving her and she wouldn't get to ride. Luckily, we convinced her otherwise and got to the train and got to ride so she was okay.

Our kids had a really great time and it was super fun to take them. They rode rides until about 9:00PM when we told them we had to go home. They totally would have kept going, but it was late and we need to get home, so they had to leave, but it was a super fun. We had a great time doing something like that as a family. I really love watching my girls experience new things. Their eyes just light up and they laugh and want to go right from one place to another. They love to talk about it and they just want to soak it all in. It is pretty fun, so I am glad we got to take them. I think we might end up spoiling our kids rotten by the end of summer with letting them stay up late and see and do things they haven't done before, but hopefully they wont get too spoiled and just enjoy the time they have to see and do such cool stuff.