a great day...

Yesterday had to be the most perfect amusement park day EVER!

We went with friends to Six Flags Great America for Homeschool Day. It was a perfect day all around... perfect weather, light crowds and best of all, good friends.

Here are the girls waiting to get started...
and the boys doing what the boys like to do....
First order of business was to head straight to the American Eagle. We did make a couple of side trips to other rides along the way.... but eventually we made it. The moms even rode the American Eagle!

After that we went over to the kiddie area and the kids rode the planes...
I have no clue where else we went after that... we were everywhere.

After lunch Alex and Clara wanted to ride the pirate ships...

Those photos give you a good idea of the crowds (or lack thereof). They rode all by themselves on this ride. I think the tops they ever waited in line was 10 minutes (maybe), most rides they didn't wait at all... they could walk right on and even stay on and keep riding when they were done.

There are some rides, however, that should only be ridden once....
... I think this was one ride of a couple of rides that they rode one too many times in a row. I should have packed more Queasy Pops!

Below is the photo that shocks me...
Yes... the girl is singing karaoke with her friend!!! They had a blast and had plans to sing again but the booth was closed when they got there.

We tried to get a group shot as we were leaving for the day and this is what we got....
And the group screaming for ice cream....
Here's Clara with the prize she won...
... it was exactly what we *needed*... sigh. :-)

The kids had so much fun and were completely worn out! That's a great day in my book!