Top things to do with kids at Cedar Point

Cedar Point is known for its crazy rollercoasters, so I really had no idea what we were going to do with the kids all day. But there are actually three play areas for little kids with rides and everything! There is a Snoopy play area when you first walk into the park, a Kiddie Kingdom a little further down, and all the way at the back of the park is Camp Snoopy. The kids all had a great time. Our kids are 3 - 18 mos. Of all three places I liked the Kiddie Kingdom the best because the kids could actually ride by themselves and an adult didn't have to cram themselves into the ride with the kid. All the wives pretty much stayed together while the dads went and screamed themselves hoarse. I don't like rollercoasters and neither does Jewel. Jenny is obviously PG and Neesha was watching her little girl. We also got fantastically burned by the sun.

The highlight of the day was Eli not wearing pants.

Ava driving. She was SO happy anytime she could drive a car by herself.

We just kept the kids on this ride for like 30 minutes telling the girl to just keep going and going. It was great.
Ava, Eli and Bella

Malayna and Violet.


Ava and Violet riding on the helicopters by themselves, going up and down, around and around.


Running through the fountains. This is how Eli lost his pants.


Violet of course conked out for about a half hour.

Ava insisted she drive these cars. She would not stop whining about driving the cars.
The Ridgeways. (Chad is one of Tyler's mission buddies that just moved into our old ward)



Here are a couple more Kalahari pics. I seriously recommend this place - Animae Conventions, lost dogs, and all. It was $150 including tax for our room and it included a pizza dinner that night. Sign up at travelzoo.com for this awesome deal.
Bella - out eating all our kids combined :)

Easter 09

It had been a long time (since last July 4th) that we visited my mom and step dad, so we headed to PA for Easter. It is always so refreshing to go to a place where the pace of life is slower. The girls really enjoyed seeing horses and buggies and sheep, horses and cows everywhere. Although they did say occasionally that it was "stinky."

Our first day we went to the local park, followed up by a photo shoot. The pictures are really really good, but we just got prints. So unless I scan them, which I may, you'll have to be in suspense.



Saturday we had an Easter egg hunt with cousins. Ava was really into it, Violet just got one and loved shaking it so much she couldn't put it down to get another one.

Violet LOVES candy. She will do anything for a treat. Including go potty. Ava was not convinced with treats at all, but somehow we got lucky with Violet. They scarfed chocolate and jelly beans until they were sick. Ava said, "My tummy hurts," I felt bad for her, but in a way I wanted her to learn what happens when you eat too much candy.


Sorting the eggs. Ava ate her jelly beans according to color.

Violet smiling
Easter morning we hide the girls baskets and tie them to a string. So they simply have to follow the string. The girls got the hang of it a little more this year, but we're still a long way from them really getting it. Church wasn't until 1:30 so we had a full morning to play.
Ava got some poster paints and a felt book. Violet got a buckle, zip and snap puzzle.
A highlight were the "Zoo Pals" plates, cups and bowls my mom got for them. Each had a different animal and they loved picking out what animal they were going to eat off of.

We also went to the "Please Touch" Museum my mom saw on Jon and Kate plus 8. It was fun, but really really busy. I definitely recommend it though if you're ever in Philadelphia.

We have been continuing our "letter of the week." Here is a crocodile we made. I drew it, the girls glued the paper on it, then we measured how tall each was compared to the crocodile. This week our letter is "D," which seems to be much easier than C for some reason. The vocab word is Iris, and we played "pin the eye on the girl," tonight. It was really fun.