Six Flags

July 30:  Each year the kids get the chance to earn a Six Flags ticket for reading 6 hours.  Each year Sadie has earned her ticket but we had yet to go.  I promised her last summer that after 2nd we would pick a day to go.  Marc offered to take the day off work so we could go on a weekday.  Each summer we try to do something with our friends--Stephanie & Mikenna (from Streator) so we invited them along also.  The girls were able to use Sadie & Kinnick's tickets from school and a teacher friend of mine gave me her free ticket so Sadie and I were able to go for only the cost of parking!  We got an early start so we could be at the park for opening (10:30).  We packed a lunch and snacks and left the cooler in our car.  We weren't sure how long we would stay just that we would play and ride as long as the girls wanted to.  We had a GREAT day!  We did lots of roller coasters and the girls were able to ride all the spinning carnival rides on their own.  We bought a re-fillable cup to use all day long.  We took a lunch break, walking to our car to eat.  We got dinner in the park and hit the candy store before we left.  We ended up staying until closing (10PM!)  We were exhausted but had such a great day.