Silverwood

Silverwood

When Reilly was here one of the things on the top of our to do list was to go to Silverwood. Ailey and Bryn had both earned free tickets from reading during the school year and they were especially eager to go. I like amusement parks but they aren't easy or pleasant with little kids. It isn't fun to drag around strollers and diaper bags and toddlers and preschoolers and hang out most of the day at the kiddie rides and then do all of that in the stifling heat. It always takes a lot of coaxing to get me to want to go. This year was great though!  The kids were awesome. No whining. Everyone was tall enough to ride all of the rides. It was fantastic. We went on the day when the temps were somewhat tolerable and we ended up having an absolute blast!! Turns out our kids really are the perfect ages for amusement parks! Everyone had a partner to ride with...win-win.

We walked in the park and headed straight to the roller coasters. We thought it was probably best to start off big with Bryn. She is gutsy and was excited to ride a *real* roller coaster so we decided to go right off the bat rather than build up to the scarier rides and then have her chicken out.

Waiting in line

You would think that Ailey would refuse to ride roller coasters due to her extreme fear of heights but while she won't cross a bridge without tears she will ride a roller coaster and many other scarier rides. Reilly and Tyler are HARD CORE. They love scary rides. They are up for anything and nothing scares them. Kam will ride with them but he isn't as crazy as they are...he takes after his mother. :)

They survived and even LOVED the roller coaster and instantly ran to get in line to ride it again!! Dippin' Dots were the immediate reward for bravery. Yay!! After that everyone was off and running. All.Day.Long.

Kam laughing his head off!! I love this.

Ailey drives like an old lady. The antique cars stressed her out until she figured out that they drive themselves. :) Too funny.

Brynnie driving her antique car.

The Ferris Wheel was not a favorite ride of Ailey's...especially when she was stuck up on top...but she did it! We had so much fun running around all day. The lines weren't bad and the weather was nice. We rode about a million rides and no one threw up or felt sick. I feel like we have perfected our snacking and eating at amusement parks after a few bad experiences over the years. We've got it down to a science now. Our last ride of the night was the big roller coaster which was especially fun with the sun going down and all the lights on. Dare I say it? I can't wait to come back. Ha ha!

We closed the park down and had a great time as a family!! I will happily go again next year. :)