Why Children Need Naps before Six Flags

OY! Its the last week before school starts and my little kids love going to Great America. Not just like, but love. They always have fun and are usually pretty good. Hubby and I like to take them after dinner so we are not wasting money on junk food and the sun is not so scorching.

Today I tried to be different, change thing up a bit.....What a mistake! Ava and Aiden both fell asleep in the stroller for most of the time we had to be there. The park wasn't crowded and there were no lines for any of the kid rides, probably because everyone elses kids were sleeping in their strollers.

Annie still had a great time though. She got to go in Bugs Bunny Land for the first time this year. It has been closed every time we have been there except today. It's August people! Do you think you could get your butts in gear? We were telling her all about the Looney Toons Lodge and how you can shoot balls out of guns to hit people and her and her cousin were so excited about it, oh but wait....it's closed for refurbishment. WTF!!!! How does it need to be refurbished when it is never open to begin with!?!? The kiddie climbing structure is also closed indefinitely. This park just depresses me more and more each time we are there. We were mostly taking them to see the shows since they love them so much. Now that the shows are over for the season there is about 2 hours worth of entertainment - maximum! When I was younger the shows lasted the entire season.

Everything is just getting even cheaper than ever before. Today my kids waited in line to shake hands with the Frigo String Cheese Costume. Again WTF! The least they could do is have him pass out string cheese. Who wants a picture with String Cheese Man - anyone.....anyone??? All of the $1 chance games were closed - but you can bet the full price games were open with absolutely no business whatsoever.

But anyway, back to my point, Annie was the only kid that had any fun at all. Poor Ava woke up when it was time to go home and was so bummed she didn't get to play in Wiggles World. Mayme next time Avers.......Well..............I was sleeping soooooo we need to go back..........

When we got home we realized the sun was a little stronger than we thought. Aiden has his first case of sunburn. His little ears are so red.

Case in point: Naps, dinner, great america. No substitutions or exchanges please!