The kids weren’t interesting in moving today. They were lounging around all morning, though they let me sleep in until 8 am, when their tummies insisted on waking me up. Brandon wanted hot water for his oatmeal, which he’s been requesting all week long. It’s a luxury, as normally he just eats cold cereal which he can get on his own. I’d rather him wake me up than try to make hot water on his own. Peyton has been eating almond butter sandwiches instead of cheerios to change things up a bit and get more protein in. They tossed around the idea of swimming, but Dave told me he may come home earlier since he was at work by 7 am! Brandon told me he said bye to him. I had no idea what time Dave left, but later, Dave did confirm he waved to Brandon this morning. I asked him how he knew that he was waving from inside the house, and Dave just had a sneaky suspicion and glanced up at Brandon’s room to see him waving goodbye. Again, creepy! Brandon and Peyton played a round of battleship on their own, and then moved on to Monopoly, but not before enlisting me. I lost both games! Brandon won the first by 2 dollars, and Peyton won the second by a landslide! I did make her count her money up, so I think maybe she was hoping to not win as much. We had Peyton’s going away party, even though we’d left last week. It was already arranged for the class, so after lunch, I headed out to buy something to take over. We bought a bunch of fruit for home, and some carrots and puffed corn for school. I sent them to their rooms for quiet time while I unloaded everything. In this time, Dave had come home. The kids must not have noticed as they did not charge downstairs. I didn’t think they could’ve fallen asleep so quickly. By 245 pm, Dave knew it was useless to have them sleep, so we started to make our move to go to…Great America! Today was the last day for discounted tickets for “guests” of passholders. The park is close to school, so we packed up long-sleeves and lathered up in sunscreen before going to the party. Brandon and Dave threw around the baseball while Peyton and I entered class. Everyone was excited to see her, but she was not happy to have everyone all up in her face. She didn’t cry, but she was very close to me, holding my hand. The teachers knew, and were telling the kids to back off a little bit. Soon, Peyton warmed up, and she joined her friends. Sydney was happy to see Peyton, too! She’s the only one left in class of the playdate “crew”. Dave and Brandon came in a little bit later, and we helped set up the plates for distribution. Both kids are still off sweets, so they were aware not to eat the frosted cookie on the plates. Brandon even told me, “I think I’m getting used to it now. I don’t care as much!” Right, I highly doubt that, but I didn’t argue. After they were done eating, we said our final goodbyes, gave hugs, and then said we’d come back for visits now and then. We headed to the park, and it was an easy entrance. It was funny watching the security guards wand the kids and look under their hats. The guy didn’t check Peyton very well, telling me, “She’s good.” I guess she looked innocent enough. We saw a group from MA coming out of the park as we were going in. We couldn’t miss the bright green shirts! We checked out the kids’ area first, since this was Peyton’s first time. She even let us know, telling us, “This is my FIRST time here!” Brandon wanted to hit the roller coasters immediately, but we told him to hang out with Peyton first. The kiddie rides were pretty slow, and both kids didn’t look as excited, though they kept wanting to line up in the rides. Dave was bored to tears, and I told him he never went to chaperone at HH, so he should be thankful! We then headed over to the “regular” side of the park. Dave had wanted to check out the water park, too, but it was already too late for that and not worth getting all wet for only an hour or so before they closed. We tried to line up for one ride we could all go on, but the line didn’t move. Dave is not patient for lines that don’t move, so we bailed out of line. Then, we went to the first roller coaster, one that has been there since my youth. It was a wooden coaster, Grizzly, but Peyton wasn’t tall enough. We sat for awhile at the exit before Dave suggested we head to the driving cars. Peyton and I did that and met up with the boys after they were done. They went on Demon, while I went to take Peyton to the carousel. She was too short for the swings, poor thing! We ended up watching the stage show, with performers singing all the teeny bop songs, which sadly, I knew most of them. Peyton had no problem listening and watching the act! While we were walking back, we ran into Tony and Vanessa. They had also seen the MA kids leaving, which was funny, since it was Vanessa’s class leaving. They just happened to be there on their own for the day, too. We chatted briefly before heading in opposite directions.
Then we switched kids, and Brandon and I headed to the stand up roller coaster, Vortex, while Dave was going to take Peyton on a spinning ride. We have to be careful with Peyton on those, since she can get a bit sick. It’s hit or miss, but once she gets sick, we have to leave, I warned Dave. I get like that now, myself! I used to take on those rides, no problem, when I was younger, but right around after college or so, when I went to a park in KC, I started feeling the effects of the rides. I don’t want to push it myself and feel horrible and have to leave, so I steer clear. We were to meet back at the ice show by 7:30 pm. When Brandon and I got to Vortex, we only waited one train before we boarded. I didn’t even have time to text Dave before I had to put my stuff in the holding bin! I was thrown around for the entire ride, and tried to keep my head against the rest. Brandon loved it! He was so light, he couldn’t even sit down properly on the seat, since it was a standing coaster. The attendant had to push him down to the floor and had to lock him in place. Dave was surprised how quickly we were done, so he got out of line (again) and headed straight for the show. Brandon and I still had some time, so I let him go on the big swings that Peyton couldn’t ride. He went alone, since I didn’t want to risk it, and he was surrounded by some kids maybe a little older than him. While they were in the air, the bigger kids extended their arms as if in flight. I saw Brandon try it for a half-turn around the circle, then the next thing I saw was him clenching the side rails of his chair. He’s braver, but still a little chicken, which is okay by me. After the ride, we found Dave in the theater. The show was called Aerial Ice Extreme, and it sounded like pretty neat! Dave had first row seats, as the theater wasn’t crowded. We didn’t know what we were in for, but it was great! The show started with a clip from America’s got Talent, when the group auditioned for the show. I was afraid one of the ice skates or skaters would fly off the stage on to us, we were that close! It was pretty entertaining, almost worth the price of our admission for the day, had we not done or seen anything else! Everything was timed to music of today, so the kids were into that, and the entertainers would come into the audience and hi-five guests. Brandon was into it, and Peyton was selective with her hi fives. After the show, the performers lined up at the bottom of the stage to greet all the guests. Peyton wanted to leave and skip the receiving line, while Brandon headed across for the whole line up of high fives. We got separated from him, and he kind of panicked, looking for us. I saw him, but he didn’t hear me or see me in the darkened room. Dave had gone back to our seats, thinking he’d left his phone there, so Peyton and I were waving our arms for Brandon to see, and I tried to step into the light for him to see me. Finally, he saw us and made his way back, looking a little worried. We headed to check out one last ride, the ride that Dave and Peyton bailed. I waited in line with Peyton, while Dave and Brandon went to the last roller coaster. Our line took longer, and they met us while we were still waiting. Initially, I was going to have Peyton ride alone, since she was tall enough, but after seeing the ride, like Dumbo on crack, I decided to go with her. I was relieved to see Dave show up, and we were going to switch places before Brandon said he would ride with her. There’s a rudder that you use to control the pod, and when the arm starts spinning fast enough, the pod is airborne, and tilts sideways. I seriously thought one or both of the kids would fall out. Peyton looked so little in the pod, but they were both giggling. Dave had filmed it with his phone, and it was over 2 minutes long. Definitely a long two minutes, as I worried about them with each revolution. Finally, it came to a stop, and both kids returned to Earth safely. We decided to call it a night and go get dinner, since we hadn’t eaten yet. We didn’t want to buy food in the park, and they are sticklers for letting you bring food in. The kids weren’t hungry until we told them we were leaving, then they became “really hungry!” We had dinner, and then came home for quick showers. It was a late night, but it’s one of the last before school starts! Here are our pictures that we took…
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