Valleyfair pictures

As stated in my previous post, last Thursday my mom took P&E and I to Valleyfair Amusement Park. It was a beautiful day to be at the park--sunny skies and about 80°. We went to the water park right away and highly enjoyed the slides and tubes. After that we had a picnic lunch outside of the park in their picnic area. Then we headed back inside the park to enjoy the coasters and other dizzying rides. ☺

This first picture is of the girls and Mom. We had just gotten to the park.

Now we see myself and P&E. Super pumped!

This was P&E waiting in line for the wooden roller coaster. Emma sat next to me on the ride, and I wasn't frightened per se, but I was feeling a little yucky from all the jerking, and so Emma said, "It's okay, Mom. I'm right here." ☺ What a sweetheart!

After the roller coaster I made the girls go on this ride called the Frog Hopper (mostly because it was right next to the coaster). It was a ride only for children, and since the previous ride was so thrilling Emma declared that this ride "was the lamest ride EVER!" She kept that bored expression on her face the entire time. Later on the way home I asked the girls which rides they liked and which ones they didn't. Emma said, "I liked everyone except the Frog Hopper." Too funny! The Mild Thing--coaster for kids. The girls actually enjoyed this one, even though it wasn't as thrilling as the big kid coasters.

I don't remember what this was called, but the girls sat in a giant roulette wheel, and it spun up and down like a regular one would, except the girls rode backwards. It makes me feel woozy just thinking about it.

Instead of playing games and trying to win "useless junk" Mom let the girls get an airbrushed drawing on their arms. The pictures lasted several days, although at first the girls didn't want to swim in the pool for fear the image would wash away. Surprisingly they held up to the water quite well.

It was a memorable day!