The Road to Vietnam

On Owen's birthday we took the kids to Canada's Wonderland for the day. It seems to be turning into a family tradition as the past three years we've gone on or near his birthday! This year was especially fun because we could all enjoy the rides in the kiddie section instead of having to take turns waiting with Noah (last year he was too young for the rides). We stayed from 10am until 8pm and both kids were really good. Owen wanted to walk the entire day, I think he was afraid that if he went in the stroller it would signal that it was time to leave, or he'd fall asleep. Noah slept for about an hour in the afternoon, then he was good to go again!

To get to the kids park you have to walk through the main ride section of Wonderland. Owen couldn't understand why he couldn't go on the big roller coasters and he started to get upset as we walked past the "bat" ride and he couldn't go on. Luckily he got over his disappointment fast and enjoyed himself.

The first ride of the day was the swans! There was only one adult allowed per swan so we had to split our small group :) I snapped this pic of Noah and daddy before one of the park employees told me that there were no cameras allowed on the rides. Gavin thought it was funny that we'd gotten in trouble just moments after arriving!


The boys met snoopy in "Planet Snoopy" neither of them were afraid of the characters, but Noah kept turning around to look at them and it made getting pictures of the kids difficult.


Here it looks like Noah is trying to snatch snoopy's cookie:)


While waiting in line for the "snoopy rocks on ice" show, Owen found some pine cones. Silly boys!





Meeting Charlie Brown


Noah on the train ride.


Owen on his first ride by himself! I made sure he understood that he was to remain seated and not try to get off the ride until the ride stopped and mommy came to get him off. He totally listened in fact he didn't move from this position the entire time :)


Playing "Lucky Ducky". Owen really wanted to play a game so we let the kids pick which one they wanted to play. For some reason Owen always wants to play the duck game. All of the games in the kids section are everyone's a winner games, so I'm not sure what the appeal is. It certainly wasn't the stuffed animal ducks they won as a prize. Noah kept tying to throw the "prize" out of the stroller and Owen shoved his duck under the stroller and I don't think he's looked at it since!


a match! winner!


On a ride with daddy. Noah sat this one out, it was a little too fast for him. We went on almost all of the rides in planet snoopy, I think we missed two of them. Owen noticed of course and didn't want to leave until we went on all of the rides. Noah was ready to leave though, so we were glad that Owen decided to "save those rides for next time".


Owen finally sat in the stroller on our way out of Wonderland. Both kids were asleep by the time we left the parking lot and we were even able to change them into their pajamas when we got home without them waking! What a great day we had and I can hardly wait until next year.