Saturday, September 24, 2011

Hersheypark Happy!

The weather cleared so we rearranged our plans to head to Hershey for the day. Shannon had saved all of his complimentary employee tickets so we could all go to Hersheypark together. We left the house at 11:30 thinking Ava would nap but she didn't fall asleep until after noon. This had me a little concerned for the rest of the day.

We stopped at Jo Jo' s to get some lunch as we got into town and headed to Grandma's house to pick Grandma and Shannon up. Unfortunately Aunt Alexandra had to work all day so she could go with us.

We headed to the park. We walked past Chocolate World on the way in and I don't think Ava has ever been so excited. She apparently remembers our trip there a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it!

We stopped to see that Ava is a Hershey's miniature.


Our first ride inside the park was the carousel. Ava was definitely nervous and again started the ride by covering her eyes. At the end she had calmed down and was ready to choose her next ride.


Ava chose the dinosaurs. This was a children only ride so she had to go by herself. I explained what that meant and Ava said "ok" so we gave it a try. She was great. She looked relaxed and had a big smile on her face. Next was the bees. The same big smile.




Next Ava rode the ladybug rollercoaster with Grandma and Uncle Shannon.


We rode the monorail around the park right before Kayden, Aunt Danielle, and Uncle Kevin arrived.


We all rode the train. Thankfully none of us got soaked by the snake but guy in the row behind us got hit right in the FACE!


Kayden's favorite ride is the trucks so that was our next stop. Uncle Kevin rode with Kayden and Ava!



On our way out of the park a family was stopped in front of this sign taking a photo. Ava said "me next" and ran up to stand exactly where they had been standing. She struck a pose! The gaggle of teenage girls waiting to take a picture thought this was the cutest thing they had ever seen...as did we!

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