Six Flags!
Mark's company hosted a private event at Six Flags over Texas on Saturday, so the two of us planned to take Elias. My mom watched Noah, who we felt would not really get a whole lot out of the experience and would make it much harder for us to get around.
We got there around 9:30 and they'd already opened the park (was supposed to open at 10am.) Mark took a majority of the pictures that day, however I stupidly left the camera on ISO 1600 and didn't think to change it, so all of our photos from the day are grainy and look weird. Booooooooo. I'm also not in love with most of the photos taken that day because I'm in them.
To say Elias had a great time would be an understatement! He's around 38 or 39 inches now and there were tons of rides for 36" tykes. He loved everything he rode on, even the mini roller coaster (which I rode with him even though I HATE roller coasters) and The Conquistador, which is their version of the boat that swings backward and forward, very high off the ground. I HATED the Conquistador, by the way. I'm not much for thrill rides, even the more tame ones. Those two weren't the only rides I had to put on a brave face for, either.
We grabbed lunch around 11:30am, which was a great time as there were no lunch crowds yet. We had to drag Elias kicking and screaming into the Johnny Rockets' for lunch. He wanted to ride an attraction he was too little for and broke down. He'd said he was hungry just moments earlier, so I'm pretty sure the break down had a lot to do with it. Later in the day there was one more ride where he broke down when he found out he was too little to ride it. I'm surprised we stayed at the park until about 5pm and aside from those two little mini-melt downs, Elias was in a terrific, cooperative mood all day long. In addition to that, every time I took him to the restroom, he was dry. He LOVES going potty in new places.
We're thinking of getting Season Passes for 2011 because we all had so much fun.
Here are a few pictures from the day.
We got there around 9:30 and they'd already opened the park (was supposed to open at 10am.) Mark took a majority of the pictures that day, however I stupidly left the camera on ISO 1600 and didn't think to change it, so all of our photos from the day are grainy and look weird. Booooooooo. I'm also not in love with most of the photos taken that day because I'm in them.
To say Elias had a great time would be an understatement! He's around 38 or 39 inches now and there were tons of rides for 36" tykes. He loved everything he rode on, even the mini roller coaster (which I rode with him even though I HATE roller coasters) and The Conquistador, which is their version of the boat that swings backward and forward, very high off the ground. I HATED the Conquistador, by the way. I'm not much for thrill rides, even the more tame ones. Those two weren't the only rides I had to put on a brave face for, either.
We grabbed lunch around 11:30am, which was a great time as there were no lunch crowds yet. We had to drag Elias kicking and screaming into the Johnny Rockets' for lunch. He wanted to ride an attraction he was too little for and broke down. He'd said he was hungry just moments earlier, so I'm pretty sure the break down had a lot to do with it. Later in the day there was one more ride where he broke down when he found out he was too little to ride it. I'm surprised we stayed at the park until about 5pm and aside from those two little mini-melt downs, Elias was in a terrific, cooperative mood all day long. In addition to that, every time I took him to the restroom, he was dry. He LOVES going potty in new places.
We're thinking of getting Season Passes for 2011 because we all had so much fun.
Here are a few pictures from the day.