labor day weekend... pt. ii

so saturday morning we were up bright and early, gathered our stuff, and headed off to our favorite vacation breakfast location... IHOP! yeah... big fans! didn't get any pictures of amy, the girls... or myself chowing down on fresh and fluffy blueberry pancakes, potatoes and some super omelet with steak inside. mmmmmm.

and have you ever noticed that IHOP has the best orange juice on the face of the planet? crazy.

post-breakfast... somewhere in the middle of our food-coma we arrived at king's island and met up with rebecca, sarah, wendy and ken who drove down from columbus to meet us. we made it in the gate pretty early.. and were off to the nickelodeon kids zone!

i'd have to say that king's island has an aaaaah-mazing kids park! pretty much rides adults would normally ride... just scaled down to their size. first we hit the swings. avery, rebecca and sarah were in line instantly. livi... not so much. she decided she just wanted to watch.

after the swings, rebecca and sarah wanted to go ride a roller coaster. i was a little unsure on how either avery or liv would feel about a roller coaster. but peer-pressure is a beautiful thing. avery decided she was up for the challenge. livi... again... not so much.




avery took it like a champ grabbing the front seat with rebecca. she even had her arms up on the first hill! the pix are hilarious! the dazed look on her face afterward said it all!



next up was the merry-go-round. great pictures of the girls!




then off to the whip. i used to love the whip! we used to go to kennywood park near pittsburgh each year in school... and the whip was one of those old rides that would just sling the crap out of you. but in a good way. needless to say all of the girls loved it! in fact we ended up going back a couple of times throughout the day to ride again and again.




after a trip over to the water park to cool off... we made it back to the kids zone for a ride on the kiddie off-road cars and the test-drive track.




we finished up the day with one of the only real "line-waiting" rides that we encountered. scooby doo's mystery machine riding... laser tag shooting... something or other was pretty fun for all of us! and... it provided one of the best photo-opps of the day. a perfect cap to an amazing day!

the ride back to columbus was filled with a nice sunset... sleeping kids... and even a stealth dairy queen drive through for amy and i. :) sweet!