Going to various amusement parks over the years is one of my favorite memories from my childhood. Kings Dominion in Virginia was one of my most favorite parks when I was a child. Since I moved to PA in 1996, Knoebels has been my favorite amusement park. Yesterday was our third time at the park this year, and we'll be spending a little time there on Friday as the local Christian radio station will be hosting several free concerts there on Friday. My parents spent the night on Sunday night after Oliver's birthday party and joined us for about two hours at Knoebels before they drove home. We stayed for another 4.5 hours after they left. It was a gorgeous day. Since my parents were there Paul and I got the chance to ride the Phoenix once together (our favorite roller coaster). I was surprised to learn that Nadia is tall enough to ride that one. I think we'll wait until 2014 to let her try that one out. Both Ian and Nadia really enjoyed the two water rides (Skloosh and Flume). They rode both of them twice yesterday.
You definitely get a LOT wetter on the Skloosh so Paul opted out of riding the Skloosh yesterday. My parents took the kids on that once, and I took them once. We used to spend all our time in the kiddie rides area. We did spend some time there, but certainly not all our time. We got the kids handstamps and then bought a book of tickets for the four adults to share. We had brought food from home for our lunches, bought some ice cream for a snack in the afternoon, and shared a large pizza for dinner in the park. We had a wonderful day. I can't wait until Oliver is big enough to also enjoy riding rides! I'm hoping our trips to amusement parks will also be a fond memory for our kids when they are older. This year we've ridden rides at Knoebels (Friday will be our 4th trip), Sesame Place, Sea World, the Lycoming Fair, Del Grosso's, and the Magic Kingdom!
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