We took the kids to a small amusement park in Portland as a reward for their summer reading program through the library. Our kids have been hounding us about how much they want to go to Disney land. I think this was the perfect trial run. It was an experience. Tate kept talking about how he was going to ride every roller coaster and master all of them. Without thinking, we sent he and Madison on the Disko shown below. Visa should make a commercial about the faces these two made on this ride as it started to spin and rock back and forth. It looked as if our kids had bad, bad plastic surgery or constipation. Needless to say, Tate screamed for the control man to stop the ride, which he did and was not happy about it. However, if looks could kill that control man would be dead as a result of the glances that Tate was giving him. As if it were all his fault. It was truly priceless.

As you can see this is how Tate reacted to every ride I tried to make him go on after that experience. This was an inside tour of the Lewis and Clarke expedition. He was clawing and grabbing for anything he could. The lady asked me if Tate was going to be OK and I said just start the ride. It was great! Tate liked the car rides and carousel.
Eden on the other hand, wanted to go on everything, even though she was not tall enough for anything. We were still able to sneak her on most of the rides (this park was as close to carnival as it gets) and she loved every minute.

Evie was a true sport in our 100 degree weather and fun in the amusement park day!