Last Fling of Summer

To celebrate the end of summer, we decided to take the 2 big kids to Knotts Berry Farm. We were fortunate to have a sweet friend take care of little Drewby for the whole day! This was the kids and Chris' first trip to the park, not counting Mrs Knotts restaurant. In the car, Leah asked where we were going. I said "Knotts Berry Farm." She replied, "Oh we're going Not Very Far?" "No, Knotts Berry Farm!" "Yeah, Not Very Far." Chris and I were rolling.
I hadn't been in a VERY long time. We had a blast!
The kids loved all the little kiddie rides and rode all of them at least twice.
We wondered over to the bigger rides, but weren't quite tall enough for the roller coasters (not that they minded.) Then we found the log ride. Oh the log ride! Leah sat in front the first time and got soaked, especially in the face. She also said she didn't like the parts in the dark. She did NOT care to ever see that ride again. Dillan, on the other hand, could not contain his excitement. He loooooved the ride! It's all he wanted to do the rest of the day!
Eventually the day winded down and we were getting ready to leave. Chris was convinced he could get Dillan to go on the one roller coaster that he was tall enough for. It wasn't huge, so it would have been a good test for him. He threw a fit for about 10 minutes on how he didn't want to go on it, but the log ride instead. What seemed like forever, we finally convinced him to do the coaster and we'd hit the log ride one last time.
Leah and I waited for them and when they saw us Dillan ran right up to us and said "That was AWESOME!" Chris said he loved it. Of course he did! I was so proud of him and I think he learned that it was okay to give new things a try. Hopefully his courage will hold up!