A Great Day to Play Hooky!

Since Emily will be in school until the end of June thanks to the FIVE WEEK STRIKE (I'm still a little bitter) we decided to play hooky. With six other families and their kiddos we headed to Kennywood.It was a perfect day, sunny but not hot! The kids didn't have to even wait to get on any of the kiddie-rides.

{I told them they had to keep their arms up, they did it on almost every ride}
Then we moved onto the bigger kids rides that my girls were fortunately tall enough to ride. While we were still in Kiddie Land I became the leader of the younger girls. They were fun to run around with from ride to ride. And they were good sports having to take turns being my partner.

{Savannah, Kate, Olivia, Carlie and Emily in front}

When I told the girls that the Log Jammer was open they started running towards it immediately. Now, it was sunny but I still didn't want to get wet. I think I'm getting old? We walked up to he loading area and I asked if the girls were tall enough to go alone or if I needed to ride with them. I was pleased to hear that even though Emily is still almost a head shorter than most in her class they could go alone. I told them I'd let them go together and I'd see them at the end. I neglected to explain that it meant I wasn't going on the ride.
They loved it and went on it at least three more times! Then we met up with the other kids in our group.

This was the funniest ride to watch! Every time the ride went off this little bump it bounced the person on the right basically on top of the person they were sitting next to. The kids couldn't stop laughing the entire ride. I wish I had it on video!

It was a great day with great friends!

We should play hooky more often!

I should add that the parents were all good sports too. We took turns watching the kids so that the big kids (the parents) could ride the big rides. The dads watched the little ones first so that the moms could have some free time. Then we swapped, just in time for Ryan to join in the dads' fun. At the end of the night it was the moms' turn again. There were four of us rushing to get in every ride we could. I had such a great time! I think we're ready for Cedar Point.