Holiday World 2011

This past weekend we made our first family trip to Holiday World. We will definitely go back because it was sooo much fun!

We stayed in a hotel for two nights and I was quickly reminded at 10:00 on Friday night, how much my children need normalcy or they don't cope well. Liam ended up sleeping in his pack-n-play in the bathroom for the first night. Maddie reminded Scott and I at 11:00 on Friday night that she needed her privacy because her couch bed was right next to our bed and Scott had a light on so he could read. We quickly fixed the problem on Saturday night by purchasing thumb tacks and hanging blankets from the ceilings for Maddie and Liam to each have their own "bedrooms" for the night.

Even though sleeping was scarce Friday night, everyone was chipper and ready for Holiday World on Saturday morning.

Maddie's first ride:Rudolph's Round up!Here is Liam's and mommy's first ride. Maddie was a pretty good driver for a first timer!

Maddie needed a little pushing, but she finally decided to ride on the canoe ride and she LOVED it!

Liam knows what ride he wants to ride next! He already has a great sense of direction!

Then Maddie rode the "hit boats."

Liam fell asleep as soon as he got into his car seat on Saturday. We had an AWESOME time on Saturday night! We went to Matt and Christa's house for dinner and met up with the Meunier Family and the Moore Family. It was nice for all of us to catch up with family and friends. We went back to the hotel at 7:30 for baths and bedtime. Due to having routine, being worn-out and "privacy" the kids went to sleep by 8:30.

Here is Maddie still curled up asleep at 8:30 on Sunday morning. She loved sleeping on her own little couch bed.

We spent an hour at the theme park side on Sunday morning while waiting for Splashin' Safari to open. We went on a train ride for Liam. He just LOVES trains! Maddie was proud of herself because she sat in the caboose all by herself.

Maddie survived her 1st roller coaster ride!

Liam hung out at the playground.

We spent the rest of our day at Splashin' Safari having a GREAT time. Liam and Maddie both got to ride lots of water slides and run / be carried though sprinklers. We can't wait to go back in the future and try more things. We made it home safely Sunday evening, but we did have to make an insurance claim on Monday morning due to a hail storm we drove though Friday evening left my windshield with many knicks. Overall, a GREAT vacation!