Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Six Flags

Neal has been anxious for a little time away from the office, so he took a few days off so we could have a little family fun - including a day out at Six Flags! Meredith has been asking when she could ride the roller coasters that we see off the highway forever, so now was her chance - and Neal is pretty excited to groom a coaster riding partner!
Our first ride - the trucks. As soon as we were off, Jillian looked at me and said "One more time!"

Next up, the swings! Neal commented on how big Jillian looks just sitting on that ride all by herself. It was pretty cute to watch her get excited to get on the ride, then look around like, what am I doing???
The planes were a little less successful - Meredith had a blast, but Jillian hurt herself getting on the ride, so she cried the whole time.
Posing next to her first big coaster! She said she was a little scared, but I think she had a blast! Daddy was super proud of her because she just hopped on without even questioning if it would be scary! Later in the day, I think she started to catch on that she should be more hesitant, but that is another story!
She and Neal did the mini mine train and the mine train after Meredith and I did the parachutes (that were actually scarier than I remembered them being) So this was really the last big ride we could convince Meredith to do - Neal said she just would take in all the surroundings and would be polite but not too talkative when he would ask her questions to try to keep her calm.
After all the trills, the carousel was right up everyone's ally!
Nothing scary about that!
Meredith was excited to meet Sylvester - Jillian opted to stay with Daddy.
Meredith was very excited to drive the Antique cars while Daddy rode the Texas Giant.
Beans and I were backseat passengers!
We promised Meredith Cotton Candy for snack after seeing some earlier in the day. It took quite awhile for Neal to get through the line for the Texas Giant, so the girls and I headed off to find snack. We seriously walked around for 30 minutes in the most humid heat with no luck finding cotton candy ANYWHERE. Finally, Neal got back and we found a place that had it - but it was enough for 12 people. At that point, I didn't care. We bought it. And if you are craving cotton candy any time soon, swing on by our house.

Can you tell we scooped an almost comatose Jillian out of the stroller for this family picture?
Our only family ride - the cave ride.

We ended the trip with a train ride - love Meredith holding Daddy's hand in this pic. Jillian had been waiting to ride this all day - every time we would see the train she would say "Choo Choo train, I'm comin!"

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