Friday Kraig called me at work and said "ya know this is the only weekend we have free in May, do you want to take the kids to Silver Dollar City?" We knew the kids would love it and with baby arriving in around 9 weeks it would probably be the only weekend before baby arrives that we could all go, so Saturday morning we went to Lauren's soccer game and then headed to Branson. Colton was excited to ride the choo choo and Lauren could not wait to ride the rides. I was limited to certain rides being pregnant so daddy rode most of the rides with them. Colton barely made the 36" mark to ride the rides, so this was his first time to ride most of the stuff. We had a great time and it was so nice to get away as a family of 4!
Colton didn't really like the frog's after they started 'leaping' so the lady bugs was a bit more his style.
Riding the boat and shooting the targets with daddy.
My baby girl and me riding the boat and shooting the targets (where Lauren got 11 and was super excited about that #)
We were hot so it was time to cool down with a nice train ride. You won't believe it but we got robbed while riding the train! If you have been to SDC you know what I'm talking about. If you have not it's a little show they put on during the train ride. On the second day Lauren said "are we going to see those guys that make us say "hey ugly"?" and Colton was saying "no no bad guys!" :-)
We decided to stay the night so we could go back Sunday morning. The kids were super excited about being able to swim, however the water was nice and cold so Colton was not letting go of daddy. It didn't phase Lauren as she was swimming around like crazy. I honestly forgot my swimsuit so I didn't swim. I offered to go buy a swimsuit while there but by the time we did that it would have been time for the kids to go to bed, so I just let daddy swim with the kids.
Since the water was a little cold they would take breaks and go in the hot tub for short spurts.
After a fun filled Saturday it was time for bed. The kids were all snuggled up watching a show so I had to capture this sweet moment (where they weren't fighting over something).
Sunday we got up and had breakfast at Cracker Barrel and then headed back to SDC for day 2 of fun!
Pregnant women are not allowed to ride the tea cups....not sure if they are worried we will spill our beans or what, but I couldn't ride, so daddy rode with the kids while I took photos. If you zoom in on this pic I think daddy was having a lot of fun spinning the tea cup as well. This was Colton's first time to ride this ride since with shoes and the fuz on his hair he finally hit the 36" mark. :-)
I wanted to take this pic so that one day we can look back and remember how little our kids were. That tea cup looks giant next to both of them.
They have a new area (or new for us) called Half Dollar Holler with more 'little' kids stuff. Lauren and Kraig rode the big swings earlier and Colton wanted to go, but Lauren and Kraig said it turned their tummy a little so we didn't think it would be a good idea for Colton. So once we found this section it was the perfect size for him!
After such a fun weekend and no naps on Saturday this little boy was tired. About 10 minutes in to the ride home he was out and slept for an hour. Lauren watched her movie and was our 'big' girl all weekend. Both kids did great and Kraig and I loved watching the excitement from the kids as well.
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