Family Weekend
We planned a small little family get away this past weekend. It was so much fun! Gavin had cut Six Flags tickets from his lunchables at school and brought them home. I got to thinking about how fun the boys would be at this age at Six Flags, so I had my mind set that I wanted to go! We thought about going to a Rangers game, but thought not such a good idea with Gage. Gavin would have loved it! (He is really into baseball right now!) Then we discovered that Kung Fu Panda was opening on Friday night! Perfect! So I booked a hotel real close to everything, asked the clerk about a movie theater and mapped out directions and everything.
Daddy took off on Friday, and we headed out about 10:00 a.m. The drive was great and smooth. We got there about 3:00 p.m., checked in, and headed to the pool. Gage has only been in the water a total of 1 hour this summer, so we had to convince him that he was a little fish. Man, when he figured it out he was gone! Very independant, both of them!
We headed up to get showers and went to the mall where the movies where! What a mall!!! It had a carousel and an ice rink. We ate, walked around, and rode the carousel. The movies were awesome! 20 something theaters, if not more! We had to sit on the front, but it was great! We all loved the movie! We headed to bed for an early morning!
We got up and waited for the trolley to Six Flags the next morning. The boys liked riding the "red bus." We got there when they opened at 10:00 a.m. The traffic was light and not to crowded.. yet, I thought. Ray and Gav jumped on the bob sled while Gage and I did the tea cups. We all rode the seahorse! Yes even Gage! Gav and I then went to ride the Titan! It is like the tallest thing there! I did not realize that at the time or I would not have put my baby on it for his FIRST roller coaster! We got on everything was ok until we went off the top and Gavin started bawling!! I felt so helpless, I could not even hold him!!! Everything ended fine! He sad he was scared and did not want to do it again, and I thought oh no there goes the day, he is going to hate everything! I was so wrong! He rode the Shockwave and Judge Roy Scream and a few more. He was too short for a few, but he found a friend in kiddie land that he rode a ton of stuff with while Gage took a cat nap! All the while it was not crowded! We rode more rides all together! (a bunch actually!) I was really surprised at everything that Gage could ride! We had a great time! We left the park at 3:00 p.m. It does not seem like that long but when there are no lines; we rode almost everything that we could!! 5 hours is long enough for babies and ride after ride after ride! We went back to the hotel: swam and got pizza! We got up and came home the next morning!
I will never forget the trip! It was one of the best ones we have ever done! I will always remember the boys and how fun they were! Love you guys! Thanks Ray for taking off and doing this trip for me! :) Love you too.
