Idlewild and second lost tooth

On Sunday, we drove to Idlewild for the day.  It's about a 2.5 hour drive for us.  We left around 8am.  We arrived at 11am after stopping at McDonald's for the kids. They love pancakes so we got them some before arriving at the park.  The first thing we wanted to do there was the Daniel Tiger trolley ride.  That is always the one with the biggest wait.  However it didn't open until 12pm.  It was annoying because I thought it opened at 11am.  Nevertheless, we decided to go the jungle area.

Austin and Sydney played in the ball pit.  They loved it.  They enjoyed throwing balls at targets and swimming in the balls.  Then they went and climbed the rope climb.  They liked the playground at the end of it too.

After they played there, at 12pm we went right to Daniel Tiger's Trolley.  We waited about 15 minutes.  During the wait, the kids were sitting with me.  We were talking and they started fighting.  Brian took Sydney to separate them.  As Austin was talking to me, I noticed his other bottom tooth was missing.  I asked him about it and he didn't have a clue when it fell out. I called Brian over and he started looking for it.  Amazingly he found it under were we were sitting.  We couldn't believe it.  Then we didn't really have anything to put it in so Brian ended up putting it in a multiple colored pen and put in his camera bag.

We rode the trolley and Sydney enjoyed it.  Austin was not impressed and made comments about it being a baby ride.  Then they went and rode little kids rides.  The loved the push cars they had to pedal with their hands.  They rode all the rides there.  This was the first year, we didn't ride anything with them.  They were both big enough to do it by themselves.  They always have fun riding the rides together.

Then it was time for lunch. I packed some lunchables.  Austin didn't like any of it.  He ate a granola bar.  After lunch, we went to story book forest.  One of Austin's assignments for kindergarten is to learned several nursery rhymes.  It was cool to do story book forest with them knowing all the nursery rhymes and saying them.  One of Austin's favorites is Pease Porridge.  However while looking at the sign, Sydney sounded it out and knew what nursery rhyme it was.   We enjoyed walking though it.  There were several characters along with way too including Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood.  At the end, there was a new castle with a princess inside.  Sydney was so excited!

Austin and Sydney went back to the ball pit area and rope area.  Then it was time for them to see Danial Tiger.  We went there and got a picture.  The kids played in the kids rides for a bit again too.  Then we went and rode some bigger kid rides.  We rode the Scrambler, Storm Tripper twice, and then the spider.  The spider was terrible.  Austin and Sydney loved it.  Brian and I not so much!  In fact, we I got off with Austin I made him come with me to the bathroom (Brian was still on the ride) because I had to get sick.  It was bad!  I will never ride that again!

Then we needed to relax a bit so more little kid rides and then the big train ride.  Austin wanted to ride the train badly.  He enjoyed it.  After the train, it was about time for the park to close.  The kids wanted to ride Storm Tropper again so we did that and then drove home.

We stopped for dinner at Wendy's at ate in the car.  I drove there and back.  I enjoy driving since I don't do anything else in the car.  We had a great day there.  It's important to make these memories with the kids!

Bye Bye Wildwater Kingdom

Labor day weekend is always bittersweet for us.  We love summer but fall is pretty cool too.  One of our favorite things to do over Labor day weekend, is the Cleveland National Airshow.  Brian loves it.  Austin remembers it and loves it too.  Sydney also thinks it is cool.  We got there on Sunday around 11am and we stayed until 5pm after the Blue Angels.   We went in several planes and kids had fun doing different activities.  Austin enjoyed the NASA exhibit and learning about fuel cells.  He asked the worker several questions to make sure he understood.  We were impressed.  It was a fun family day.

Labor Day weekend was extra sad this year.  It was announced about two weeks ago that Wild Water Kingdom will be closing permanently on Labor Day.  We are all very sad about that.  We've had season tickets for 3 years now.  It was perfect for the kids.  We could go for a few hours at a time.  Austin and Sydney love it there.  We were hoping to allow them to spend many more summers there.

We spent a lot of time at Wild Water over the weekend even though the highs were barely 80 degrees.  On Saturday, we went after Austin's soccer game.  This was his first soccer game he played really well.  He even scored a goal.  The first few games of the season he hasn't been running hard and seems to not know what to do.  This week was his turning point.  Let's hope that continues.

On Sunday, we went after the airshow and stayed until it closed.  Then on Labor Day, we were there at opening and stayed a few hours and then came back in the evening until it closed.  In the evening, the kids played on the slides.  The love the slides even the little ones.  Then we went to the lazy river where Sydney lost her Frozen goggles.  Though the crocodile pool to the splash pad and ended back at the slides.  Brian and I even went down the slides with the kids.  Now that the are bigger (especially when it's cold) we let them go up themselves.  We can always see them.  Then at the end, Brian and I were under the big bucket.  Austin ran back up with Sydney for more slides and then we all stood under the big bucket one last time.  However they shut the water off before it could dump.  Everyone was sad.  People were even chatting "one more bucket".  It was sad leaving there.  We have so many great memories. We feel bad for the kids.  We will need to find something else for them to swim during the summer.

Austin lost his first tooth

During our trip down to Cincinnati, Austin noticed his bottom front tooth was loose.  He was so excited.  Brian and I couldn't believe it, how is it possible that he would be loosing his teeth already?!  It continued to be loose and 11 days later, it came out.

With Austin starting Kindergarten, we were nervous that he would lose his first tooth at school.  Per Austin's request, we even gave him a Tupperware container to store his tooth in case he lost it.  On Thursday morning, after I was at work, Austin went upstairs to brush his teeth.  And his tooth came out.  I guess he tried to put it back in it's spot however it obviously did not go back.  He yelled for Daddy and they both realized he had lost his first tooth.  Austin was so excited.  Sydney was excited for him too.

That night the tooth fairy came, and brought him a receipt for his tooth and $5.  Austin woke up at 1:30am and realized the tooth fairy had come.  He was so excited!  Brian and I were not as excited at 1:30am in the morning but we pretended to be for him.  However when he woke up at 6am he thought he lost his $5 and was sad.  I showed him the money and after a bit he was okay.