The Munson Minute: Dad's Day.....Well sort of.......

Fathers Day started out like a typical day to celebrate Dad.........breakfast made and served by Brooke, homemade gifts worked on, presents opened, hugs and kisses etc.etc.etc........But said Dad decided to surprise his two kiddos with a day of adventure......now let me remind you Brooke and surprises don't mesh real well..........It literally drives her BONKERS not knowing every detail of EVERYTHING.....so as we pack up our bags, fill the cooler, apply sunscreen and plop them in the car she maybe asked us to tell her what was going on .....hmmmmm I'm gonna say about 3,469 times.......Chris didn't cave, I begged him just so we could save our sanity during the drive, but nope......we hopped in the sedan and heard about 5,321 guesses of where we might be going, she thought she had us pegged for going to Grandma's beach but as we passed her exit, I could just watch her brain develop the next set of 7,543 questions before we got there. Finally as we rounded the corner the kids spotted the Shivering Timbers wood coaster.....and went

B-A-N-A-N-A-S!!! We figured as much from Brooke but feared Brady seeing the "big ones" from the parking lot would set him off, but he just stared hootin' and hollerin' as he saw his sisters big eyes and excitement and wanted to follow suit.

Little did I know that you apparently need a full sleeve of tattoos to enter this amusement park, but since it was Fathers Day they were kind and accepted our cold hard cash and still let us enter sans ink........Wow all that people watching and the added bonus of some rides.....I think we were all fired up for a great day!

We had the best day, only waited in one line all day, had great overcast weather and two HAPPY kids! Brooke's favorite ride was the funnel of fear at the water park, and Brady's was the Big Dipper roller coaster. By the end of the day Brooke was considering the corkscrew coaster and Brady was going on Water slides by himself.......I feel like we are getting one step closer to Six Flags or Cedar Point, fingers crossed! Here are some photos of the day......

Cruising Be-Bop Blvd with my bugs....

Dad and his girl .....

Ha Chris is in this boat by himself because we both got stuck and couldn't fit and I had to do the walk of shame to the boat in front of the kids.....I don't think this ride was made for 38 year olds...

Up up and away....

Brooke taking a break with Charlie Brown.

Brooke has always loved the Frog Hopper......and then hated the Mad Mouse that is in the background, she got off and gave it a thumbs down as she felt like the car was going to go off the track.......

Dad and Brooke on Mad Mouse........Chris didn't like it either......

The water park was fantastic we did water slides, the lazy river, splash pads, the tidal wave pool, and the coveted Funnel of Fear......Brooke is already asking when we can go back.......

This was Brady's favorite, the Big Dipper......we went on it about 15 times.....no lie there was no line so they would literally just stay on the ride!