Parkinson Family: Lagoon Day!!

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Lagoon Day!!

We started off the summer with a trip to Lagoon on June 11th. It was the perfect day to go- the weather was nice but not too hot, and it wasn't too crowded either. When we first got there, we were able to walk right on most of the rides, which was really nice.

This was definitely one of the highlights of the summer for our kids! The last time we went to Lagoon, Heidi was barely 1 year old and Erika was 5. So, none of our kids really remember going to Lagoon the last time. This time was much different!! They were all so excited as we pulled up to the park. I had so much fun watching the little kids on the "kiddie rides". At 2, Jordan was only able to go on a couple of rides, and I think he was okay with that. He didn't seem to know quite what to think on the ones he could go on, seemed a little apprehensive. Jared and Heidi, on the other hand, had a blast!!

Jordan on his first ride- the classic whale ride!

And, Erika and Kyle were in heaven. They went on quite a few of the wilder rides and had a lot of fun. Aaron and I were able to convince Erika to go on the colossus with us, which turned out being pretty scary for her. She closed her eyes the whole time. (And, I have to admit, I must just be getting old because it just isn't the same for me anymore like it used to be... ;) Kyle ended up waiting for us where the ride stops because he just couldn't get the courage. It's okay... There will be other days.

We ran into our friends the McKee's at Lagoon and Erika
was able to go on a few rides with her good friend, Kaitlin.

We were glad to have Oma and Opa come to Lagoon with us and share in the fun. They are good sports :) It's always nice to have an extra pair of adult hands...

We went to Lagoon-a-Beach to swim for a couple hours in the afternoon, and that was fun, until... we lost Heidi at the end- she had just wandered off on her own and that was scary for a few minutes. Then, as we were leaving Lagoon a beach, Jordan threw up all over. After we cleaned him all up, we hung around for a few more hours, but the trip got a little harder from there. He was a good sport while everyone went on a few more rides they wanted to go on. It was a fun packed day for sure, and we were all exhausted as we left the park that night!

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Parkinson funnies

Nov 2012- Aaron was watching football on TV and Jared came out saying, "I want to go watch grass!"

Dec 2011- Heidi said one morning, "Mom, there's frosting on the house!" (on a cold day when frost was on the house).

June 2, 2011- Driving in the car Kyle said to his sister, "If you don't learn to talk, Jesus will make you talk Spanish." (He explained later that he actually meant sign language. That's how he thought it worked.)

Feb 28, 2011- Kyle said, "I don't like to have babysitters because they are only supposed to take care of babies!" Then we explained that they can take care of bigger kids too.

Dec 15, 2010- Kyle said, "I know how they make egg nog. First they dump in the eggs and mix them around. Then they put in the nog..."

Oct 20, 2010- Kyle said, "Mom, is some cheese blue?" I said it is called blue cheese but isn't really that blue. He said, "Well, then does it taste like blueberries?" I love all the questions he asks about how the world works- He's really trying to figure things out.

Oct 7, 2010- We were driving by Arctic Circle and Kyle said, "Is that the hamburger hut? I like that hut." I am wondering if he was remembering a time when we went to "Pizza Hut".

Aug 12, 2010- We were driving by a farm where there was a big fire burning up the field and Kyle said, "Dad, is that where the indians live?"

Aug 8, 2010- We were driving in the car and Kyle said, "Dad, I think I 'm truck-sick." "You mean car sick?" "No, truck sick- when you're sick in the truck."

Aug 2, 2010- We were headed off to a doctor's appointment for the baby and he was crying. Kyle said, "Mom, I think he's crying because you said he is going to get a shot."

June 28, 2010- The other day at dinner it was Heidi's turn to pray and daddy was helping her. She was just repeating everything word for word when he got to "Please bless it.." and said it 3 times. Finally I had to open my eyes to see what the hold up was. Well, little Heidi was just stuffing spaghetti in her mouth as fast as she could and it was hanging out all over. We all just bust up laughing. I guess she just couldn't wait any longer!

May 19, 2010- On the way home from the hospital after seeing their new baby brother, Erika said, "When I was born mom and dad said that I looked blue." Kyle said, "And when I was born I was pink and red. "

Dec 9,2009- The other day we were eating dinner and Kyle didn't want to eat. He said, "I don't like to eat aliens!" We told him there were no aliens in his dinner. Then, realizing what he was talking about, I said, "You mean onions?" He kept calling onions "aliens" and we got a kick out of it.

Nov 20, 2009- Erika lost another tooth at school today. Kyle said to her, "Erika, when my tooth gets loose and comes out, I'll give mine to you."

Oct 10, 2009- Today Erika said, "Mom, someday when I'm older, I want to get that recipe from you!"

Sept 9, 2009- We couldn't find our puppy anywhere and had driven all over the neighborhood to find him. Finally about 2 hours later Kyle showed up holding him and I said, "Where did you find him?" He said, "In the killer-box". "The what?" "The cooler-box". He had stuck him in a cooler in our backyard and forgotten about it. We were glad he was okay!! I felt terrible and gave him some extra TLC for a little while.

Sept 4, 2009- Erika said tonight, "You know what my favorite thing is about school? It's lunch... and learning... and break!" We said, "Isn't that the whole thing?"

Aug 17,2009- We were camping and had brought all our bikes. As we were leaving camp for a little while, Aaron commented that it might have been wise to bring a chain to lock up our bikes so they wouldn't get stolen. Erika said, "Or, we could have just brought a sign that said, 'DON'T STEAL!'".

July 12, 2009- Today at church Kyle looked at my Young Women's Medallion and said, "Mom, is that you on the necklace?"

July 3, 2009- Kyle had been sleeping down in Erika's room with some friends and came upstairs before we went to bed. He said, "Mom, there was some noise down there. I think it was the tooth fairy, coming to get the loose tooth."