KennyWood

We all went to Kennywood, an amusement park in Pittsburgh, yesterday and had lots of fun.

When we first got their, we first headed over to Kiddieland so that our Stella can ride her first amusement park ride. Stella chose to ride the Steel City Choppers (miniature motorcycles that go around in circles) and was the first on and buckled into her bike and was all smiles as shown below.

There was a good bit of waiting as the ride monitor was helping other kids onto their bikes. All of this waiting, and the fact that adults weren't allowed to accompany the kids, and the seat belt tightly buckling her in all led to Stella freaking out and screaming to be freed and we obliged. The motorcycle ride left a bad impression on Stella and at this point she didn't want to go on any rides but was content to just sit in her stroller.

We finally convinced her to try the carousel, (which she has ridden many times before without any fear or objection) after Mama, Dada, and even Desmond (sorry no picture) rode it several times. Soon, Stella's spirits perked up and she was brave enough to try other rides. She rode the swings next and she loved that.

Afterwards, Stella and Mama rode the Lil' Phantom roller coaster (a miniature version of the big Phantom's Revenge roller coaster)...

(Stella & Mama are in cart #2)

...the Crazy Trolley (which she didn't like so much), and the SS Kenney (a boat that swings up and down). Stella then ate some yummy funnel cake and rode on the swings 4 more times...her favorite ride by far. Here's a little video of Stella on the swings...nothing but smiles.

We only realized after we got home that we didn't get a single picture of Des at Kennywood, sad, but rest assured he had a rather good time watching all of the activity around him from his stroller.

After about 3.5 hours at the park, Ommy and Poppa took the kids home, bathed them and put them to bed, while Dada and mama stayed behind to ride the adult rides.