Oak's Park

alright, i'm back. ;) let me take a look through my camera's memory card to see where i left off. . . hm. . . oh, my mom and i took the girls to oak's park. actually, i should give all credit to my mom since it was her treat. i just tagged along. :)
madeline was so very excited to go on her first roller coaster. there's a spongebob episode where he and patrick go on this insane roller coaster where they lose their spleens and maddie has been wanting to do that ever since she first saw it. go figure. i'd be freaked out, but not our maddie! but first, she went on the 'tilt-a-whirl' with raylee and my mom. she loved it so much, she and ray rode it two more times before we continued on to other rides (my mom was a real trooper to do it with them the first time).

next, the girls ran to the roller coaster. thankfully, it's a small kid-friendly coaster. but it overwhelmed poor maddie and she cried through the entire ride. after she got off and came to me for a hug, she immediately said (with tears still in her eyes) that she wanted to go again. so go again they did! and again! i guess once she knew what to expect it wasn't as traumatic for her. that and the 'tilt-a-whirl' where her favorite rides. here's a pic of raylee on the roller coaster (i forget why maddie isn't with her):here are some more pictures from our time there. maddie loved the slide until she got in trouble with the guy monitoring at the top. apparently, kids aren't allowed to go down head first and maddie didn't handle it well when he stopped her. ;)

thanks, grandma, for the fun day!!