Knoebels Amusement Park, otherwise known as the Pennsylvania Woods of Horrors!
We took the kids for one of our annual (or as many times as we can) Park and Pizza nights.
We put AnaGrace on a ride with her sister and she seemed to enjoy it.
Dear Rachel, on the other hand.......
You see, this little girl is incredibly contemplative. She likes to figure things out before jumping in - kind of the epitome of "look before you leap". We enjoy her thoughtfulness (especially in the light of AnaGrace or DaniRae who are definately "leapers" not "lookers"!).
So, why, you ask, would we think that putting her on an unknown ride, with weird sized cars and stuff, that really go no where, with no child protective seats or airbags would work out fine????? Even the presence of her hero Miah did not quell the tears!
OK. So that didn't go so well. How about AnaGrace on her own?If you peek into the background you will see a vision of "things to come".
Yep, even her superhero Daddy could not chase the shear fear away.
We had a wonderful evening and enjoyed the pizza, which Rachel was definitely OK with! As we were leaving, the older two wanted to go on the water ride on which NO ONE comes out dry. I mean NO ONE. Well, they asked all of the adults, several times in fact. Just as I was giving my camera to Marlene, Kelly took off with them. No, really. I WAS just about to go with them. Honestly!!
Oh well. Kelly did go and became a "supermom" for doing it. There might have been two square inches on her that were dry but not much else! Way to go, Kelly! I did it for you now its YOUR turn!!!
The funny thing is that Rachel talked about Knoebel's for days afterwards. She talked about it like it was the greatest place on earth. I guess we'll try to take her again next year. Hopefully a couple more months of age/wisdom will yield more happy memories.
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