The Brave...and Not As Brave

The Brave:



Michelle definitely takes after Alfredo. She loves rides! She loves the dinosaur drop and the ladybug drop and this year she was tall enough to go on the Wild Mouse as well as many others. The Wild Mouse was her favorite. She went on it nine times!!! Alfredo's favorite ride was Wicked. While we all spent a lot of our time in Kiddieland, Alfredo and Michelle also went with Jeremy and Stacie's family and Patti and Nelson's family to ride more of the adult rides. Michelle had a blast!

The Not as Brave:


Ella, on the other hand, is my girl. Neither of us like the roller coasters or "scary" rides. But maybe she is even braver than I am. She did go on the ladybug drop (which terrified her!) and she was disappointed that she was still too short to go on the Wild Mouse (which I actually do like). So Ella and Gabrielle and I spent nearly all day in Kiddieland...which was fine by me. I am at Lagoon for my kids. And they also had a great time! It was Gabrielle's first trip, and with the exception of one ride that scared her a little, she seemed to love it!

We were afraid it was not going to happen. When we left Salt Lake, it was overcast but otherwise it was nice. When we got up to Lagoon, the wind was blowing like crazy. We ended up sitting in our car for about 45 minutes because the wind was so bad and few of the rides were working. But finally, it was almost lunch time and the wind wasn't quite as bad, so we headed inside...dressed in our winter jackets and with a big blanket for the girls. The kids rode a few rides, and then we headed to lunch...a barbecue with Alfredo's company. Again, everyone got prizes. And it is really fun going with Alfredo's company because the kids have so many friends to take turns riding all the rides. By the time lunch was over, both Ella and Gabrielle were asleep in the stroller.




It ended up being a pretty good day...it was cold, but it didn't rain and there weren't many people there so we just walked right on to most rides. We stayed from 12:30 until about 7:30 or 8. The only downside: the waterpark was closed and we didn't go on Rattlesnake Rapids...it was just too cold. Maybe next time...