Wednesday, June 19 Kyle drove to Evansville so we (Grandma Pam, Grandpa Matt, Lily, MJ and myself) could go to Holiday World together. It was the perfect day to go. Weather was beautiful, not too hot and a nice steady breeze throughout the day. The park was not very crowded and we had little to no wait for lines. As we entered, the kids immediately went to the kiddie rides. After the kiddie rides, we headed towards the waterpark, stopping at the log ride first. We measured Matthew, a good 2 inches from being able to ride, and decided to go ahead and have him wait with us in line, knowing Grandpa would step out and wait with him while we rode. As we approached the front of the line, Kyle talked to MJ about how to stand real tall...and step back on Kyle's toes. This is the same thing I remember my dad telling me to do when I was just shy of meeting the height requirement. We were at the front of the line. The guy measured a couple times and let MJ ride. We quickly got in boats before he could remeasure. MJ really enjoyed the ride. Kyle told him to raise his arms as we plumeted to the bottom of the hill. Kyle said he could feel MJ tense up. At the bottom MJ, covered with water, said "Hey, that got me wet!" Our next stop was the Raging Rapids ride. Again, MJ was still too short. We got to the front of the line and told the ride operator "6". Apparently MJ was hidden between Kyle and Grandma, because the operator counted the guy behind us in our group. We quickly got on this ride, too. But then I thought, when we were in Disney World Lily was barely tall enough for this same type of ride and they had to make her wear a special harness. Then I thought, maybe MJ should have been measured. But all was well, Kyle and Grandpa held each side of MJ. Next, the water park! The water was a bit cold, but that didn't stop the kids from having a blast. They love going down the kiddie water slides. After awhile in the park, we went to a different play area, where the ground was like a splash pad. The "jungle gym" of ladders and slides were monitored by Holiday World staff. I guess because when the kids go down the slide they land in what looks like a bathtub full of water, there is a height requirement on those slides. MJ became very comfortable with one slide. He'd walk up the steps, get on the slide and slide down. Then he got brave. The boy in front of him slide down feet first on his belly. Next thing I know, here comes MJ flying down feet first. Not a huge deal, just wasn't expecting it. A few more times down on his stomache and then he came out head first! I quicky scooped him out (because he was head first in 1 1/2-2 ft of water) and he coughed a little bit. I laughed and he started to fake cry. I told him that was the worse part. He turned and looked at the slide, then ran off to go do the slide again. I was very ready this time to grab him just in case he went head first. Apparently he learned his lesson. He came down sitting up.
We had a lot of fun in the water park. After lunch we went to another kiddie section. The kids wanted to ride the Holidog roller coaster. (Which is all the kids can talk about...riding roller coasters-their hiccups are making them grow so they can be tall enough to ride the Tower of Terror in Disney when we go in October). So MJ is an ol' pro at standing on an adult's toes to meet the height requirements, but this time the rider operator didn't even measure him. Lily was such a big girl and rode the kiddie roller coaster in a seat all by herself. MJ loved the roller coaster. He gave the ride operator a thumbs up when he asked who wanted to go again. Two times around the track and then we had to get off. MJ went back on a second time after riding some other rides. We ended our day adventure with blue ice cream and a visit with Santa. What a fun day!
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