Great America!

Today we went to Six Flags Great America for Lava's first visit! Since we moved up North, we decided we would definitely get Season Passes since we're less than 10 minutes away. I have the most wonderful memories going to Six Flags at least 50 times a year with my dad when I was younger. It seriously felt like a second home to me! I was very excited to bring Lava so he could experience it as well. I hope he has as many fond memories as I do! The park is very different than when I was younger. There are many new rides, and so many of my old favorites are missing. I was shocked to see that "Power Dive" was gone, and I also didn't see the Hay Bailer! The bonus is there are a couple new kids areas that Lava got to enjoy.

The first ride Lava went on was little airplanes that go up and down in the Wiggles area. Spaz went with him, and Lava seemed to enjoy himself, but promptly said "Bye bye! Bye bye!" after the ride was over.We weren't able to get any great pictures from that ride, but here you can see Lava on "Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy!". Definitely not his favorite, but this was all so new to him!

After that ride, he went on the Big Red Cars which was his favorite from the Wiggles area! He had fun steering and seeing all the fun sites along the way!
We did some more walking around and happened upon another great kids area, where Lava went on his very first roller coaster! It was Jetsons themed and quite tame, but still it was shocking to see my baby on a coaster...and it also made me proud! It's kind of hard to see Lava in the picture, but it was the best I could get. He's in the third to last row!

We also went on a Scooby Doo bus ride... definitely not his favorite, but it was still fun to go on with him. Maybe as the season progresses he'll get more brave and enjoy the rides more. It was a bit chilly so I don't think that helped, either.
Finally, before leaving, we took a ride on the beautiful two-story carousel. Lava had a blast, saying "Whee!" whenever his boar would go up and down. It was so cute seeing him so happy!


It was a really fun day overall. Before we left I took one last snapshot of the really pretty entry pond with the Superman ride in the background (Spaz went on it while Lava and I walked around...apparently it's pretty crazy!).