6 Flags

Last Friday my grandma took the girls, and John and I headed off to Six Flags. And yes, there really are six flags. We had to count them. John told me next time we don't have to count because he already knows how many there are. After paying $15 to park, we bought tickets for a mere $72. I didn't realize how expensive of a day this was going to be! Luckily, the tickets we got are good for 5 more visits, so hopefully we'll use them and get our moneys worth.

We started off at the Colossus. It is a huge ferris wheel. John was very excited for it while we stood in line.As soon as we got locked in our little cage to ride he freaked out. He had his head burried in my lap the whole time and was just shaking! He kept asking me to tell him when it was over. Not a very good start to the day.After the scary ferris wheel we decided to stick with the kids area. This he loved! The parents can go on all the rides here or the kids can go by themselves. I rode the spinning hot air balloons and after that he was fine on his own. He rode the train a few times and was super excited when he got to sit in the engine and "drive". After wearing himself out on those rides we went over to Hurricane Harbor, the waterpark. The weather was so beautiful and perfect for going on rides and standing in line, but it was a little chilly for swimming. John played around in the kids area for a little bit while I hung out in the sun, or what there was of it. He really wanted to do a waterslide, but was too short for most of them. We found one he could go on. You sit in a big raft that holds 4 or 5 people. Well, I guess there was some issue with weight distribution because John was always on the side heading down, which meant he got drenched at every turn. This would have been fine except he kept turning around to see where we were going and the water would shoot up into his face. At the end of the ride he asked if we could go again, so I guess it didn't bother him too much. After Hurricane Harbor we grabbed a popsicle and headed home. It took about 2 minutes for him to pass out in the car on the way home.