The North Pole

Last year we took Kai to a small local amusement park named The North Pole.  It's a Christmas-themed park nestled in the mountains.  It's a fun place with many kid rides, animals, and shops.  Unfortunately, last year Kai was more than a little afraid of the rides.  We spent several hours at the park and he rode about 4 rides.  Throughout this summer, however, Kai has been telling us that he's not afraid of the rides anymore and he has anxiously looked forward to another trip.  We finally got to take him back on Saturday August 21st.  Within minutes of entering the park we knew that this trip was going to be different.  He had already tackled 3 or 4 rides within the first 5 minutes!  Not only did he ride just about every ride, but he LOVED it.  He rode a few rides twice, and he even got on the faster rides.  It seems that we now have a ride fanatic on our hands.  Finn even got to ride on a few of them.  The train scared him and he clung tight to me, but on the carousel he had a great time.  He was a bit shocked when the horse started to move, but then he warmed up and seemed to enjoy it.  By the end of the day, he was tuckered out.  Of course we took lots of pictures.  Here are just a handful of the good ones.

In total, we spent about 4 hours at the park just riding rides.  Even this late in the summer, the park still wasn't crowded and most lines were only a couple of minutes wait.  After we were all completely exhausted we went to Wendy's on the way home.  It was a very good day.