The year isn't quite half over, and the kids have already been to five theme parks! They had been to Sea World and Knoebels before, but it was the first time they had ever been to Sesame Place, Magic Kingdom, and DelGrosso's. Paul's parents arrived at our house at 9:00 yesterday, and about 30 minutes later we were out the door and headed in our minivan to DelGrosso's. Knoebels is a little less than an hour from our house. DelGrosso's is near Penn State and is about 90 minutes from our house. Like Knoebels there is free parking and it doesn't cost anything to walk into the amusement park. You can buy individual ride tickets or a wristband. I had selected June 22 as the day to go because Word Girl was going to be there, and the kids have been into Word Girl lately. Nadia likes to pretend she's Word Girl, and Ian likes to take on the part of her sidekick, a monkey named Captain Huggy Face.
It was a VERY hot day (high was around 95 degrees), which was great for the waterpark, but when we were on the dry rides, we were sweating quite a bit. It's smaller than Knoebels, but the kids had fun. I bought wristbands for Paul, Nadia, and Ian. I would have gotten one for myself also, but Ian wasn't tall enough to go on any of the water slides. I kept him in the dry ride area while Paul took Nadia on the water slides. He did enjoy the pool area! Nadia was tall enough to do three of the water slides.
They rode all of the kiddie rides multiple times. Ian's three top favorites were: the flying fish, kiddie rollercoaster, and the Dumbo ride. The park was open for nine hours yesterday. We were there for seven hours. I am sure the kids could have kept going for two more hours, but the adults were hot and tired. I was very appreciative of our central air conditioning last night after being in the heat all day. Pop Pop got one thirty minute break from the heat when he held Oliver in the air conditioned Infant Care Center for one of Oliver's naps.
I rode a couple of the bigger rides with Nadia (that Ian couldn't ride yet), and I would have done more with her but my stomach was protesting. This is one instance when I wish I had given birth in my 20's instead of my late 30's and early 40's because my stomach used to be able to handle all the rides. Paul did the adult sized bumper cars with Nadia. We had a very nice day, but I'd say Knoebels is still our favorite amusement park. I'm sure before the summer is over we'll be back at Knoebels! As is always the case with amusement parks, I have too many pictures to share in just one post. I'll share more later this week!
The year isn't quite half over, and the kids have already been to five theme parks! They had been to Sea World and Knoebels before, but it was the first time they had ever been to Sesame Place, Magic Kingdom, and DelGrosso's. Paul's parents arrived at our house at 9:00 yesterday, and about 30 minutes later we were out the door and headed in our minivan to DelGrosso's. Knoebels is a little less than an hour from our house. DelGrosso's is near Penn State and is about 90 minutes from our house. Like Knoebels there is free parking and it doesn't cost anything to walk into the amusement park. You can buy individual ride tickets or a wristband. I had selected June 22 as the day to go because Word Girl was going to be there, and the kids have been into Word Girl lately. Nadia likes to pretend she's Word Girl, and Ian likes to take on the part of her sidekick, a monkey named Captain Huggy Face. 
It was a VERY hot day (high was around 95 degrees), which was great for the waterpark, but when we were on the dry rides, we were sweating quite a bit. It's smaller than Knoebels, but the kids had fun. I bought wristbands for Paul, Nadia, and Ian. I would have gotten one for myself also, but Ian wasn't tall enough to go on any of the water slides. I kept him in the dry ride area while Paul took Nadia on the water slides. He did enjoy the pool area! Nadia was tall enough to do three of the water slides. 
They rode all of the kiddie rides multiple times. Ian's three top favorites were: the flying fish, kiddie rollercoaster, and the Dumbo ride. The park was open for nine hours yesterday. We were there for seven hours. I am sure the kids could have kept going for two more hours, but the adults were hot and tired. I was very appreciative of our central air conditioning last night after being in the heat all day. Pop Pop got one thirty minute break from the heat when he held Oliver in the air conditioned Infant Care Center for one of Oliver's naps. 
I rode a couple of the bigger rides with Nadia (that Ian couldn't ride yet), and I would have done more with her but my stomach was protesting. This is one instance when I wish I had given birth in my 20's instead of my late 30's and early 40's because my stomach used to be able to handle all the rides. Paul did the adult sized bumper cars with Nadia. We had a very nice day, but I'd say Knoebels is still our favorite amusement park. I'm sure before the summer is over we'll be back at Knoebels! As is always the case with amusement parks, I have too many pictures to share in just one post. I'll share more later this week!
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