Six Flags 2010

We had a family day at Six Flags while we were visiting P.K. This was our third trip to Six Flags with the kids. We went last summer and about three years ago. This was the best trip by far. Hannah was tall enough to ride almost everything she wanted to ride and Aaron wasn't afraid to ride anything. Those two facts made for happy kids and thus happy parents.

Rachel has loved "high and fast" rides since her first trip to Disneyland at age 4. That child will ride just about anything. I, on the other hand, am generally happy to hold stuff and people watch. Anything that combines fast and spinny makes me sick to my stomach and I am terrified of heights. So to keep Mommy happy and to make me feel apart of the fun everyone agreed to that we should ride the carousel first.

P.K. and me enjoying the carousel. Yes. This was a no make-up day.

This is me posing with the kids before the ride started.

This was my favorite ride. It was called the Buccaneer something-or-other. It was a leisurely ride on pirate boats that had four water cannons mounted on each side. As you floated past people watching from the sidewalk you could squirt them with the cannons, but they could also squirt you.

Hannah was so excited to finally be tall enough to ride the swings.

This was one of P.K.'s favorite spots. He talked about it for days before we went just like the kids do.

This was one of the coolest activities ever! We had to pay separately from the regular admission price, but it was well worth it. We being P.K. and the kids...note the aforementioned fear of heights...spent over an hour climbing around.

It took Aaron a while to decide it was safe, but once he felt secure he had a blast.

The girl in the light blue shirt in these two shots is Rachel. She went all over all by herself. No fear.

All the kids, big and little, got harnessed up.

Hannah wouldn't get too far from P.K. or the man working, but she wasn't about to quit.

I rode the equivalent of the Teacups at Disney with the girls. You sit in a car that spins independently while the ride spins. You can turn a wheel in the middle to make your individual car spin faster. I am not afraid to ride this particular ride, but I remembered afterward that those kind of rides make me feel sick.

The kids love to watch Scooby Doo so they were thrilled to have their picture taken with Shaggy. I know our days of having Rachel pose with characters willingly are very numbered. I was surprised she jumped in this one without any pleas or threats from the parental units.

Rachel wanted to stop for a picture with these Tasmanian Devil statues on the way out. Oh! Wait a minute. The one in pink is just Hannah. Sometimes it is hard to tell.

One of the joys of having a digital camera is you can waste shots. P.K. took this one on the way in so we could easily remember where we parked. What a smart man!

We had such a great time that P.K. said we should get season passes next year. We have a Six Flags not too far from where we live.