I have such fond memories of Worlds of Fun from when I was a kid. My cousins and I would make an annual trip each summer. Those days are still some of my favorite childhood memories. They have taken out some of the great rides I remembered and replaced them with new and more exciting ones (depending on who you ask, I guess). But they can't take away that Worlds of Fun "smell" that the park just has and I believe they are still playing the same loop of music throughout the park that they played way back in the 80's! Think Rick Springfield and Jesse's Girl. Great memories and laughter from my childhood that I hope I remember forever. Hopefully I can keep that tradition alive with my kids and build some memories for them.
This was the first ride of the day and one I rode as a kid too. My camera is obviously not the best, but it did capture Eli's smirk. That will always be his smirk...he has been giving me that look for 7 years now. I love it! It's him!
Side note; you can click on the picture to see his smirk better.
Hmm...at some point on the next ride Eli lost his smirk. It was replaced with his I think I am going to be sick look. Evan and Tatum are oblivious to his condition, which is typical. I believe Brian would have been enjoying himself too if he wasn't thinking,
"What am I going to do if Eli starts to hurl?"
Again, you have to make the picture bigger...it's priceless.
When I mentioned that the kids were pretty well behaved...for the most part. Did you automatically picture the culprit in our few missteps of the day? It's a given that my strong-willed three year old "baby" will try to run the show and when the show does not go according to his script he will let you and everyone in a five mile radius know that he is not happy. I do my best to be patient with him and show him a little grace he is only three after all.
To be fair to him he did get the short end of the stick several times during the day. He is the baby of a family visiting an amusement park where you have be at least this tall to ride, so it is to be expected.
"Evan what do you think about waiting for your brother and sister and daddy to ride?"
He didn't give an answer. That's okay, no words were needed. I knew what he was saying!
Well, what can I tell you about the bumper cars? Not much, they are the same as I remember them. Oops, I meant to say what did I learn about Evan and bumper cars? I learned that even toddlers or my toddler has road rage. I guess I should have explained the bumper cars concept to him. When the yellow car that is almost in the picture ran into Evan, Evan screamed at the poor kid and yelled
"Hey don't run into me!"He then proceeded to bang on the yellow car with his fist. Man, that boy is an angry elf at times.
I realized at that moment that I need to lighten up on showing him grace and brush the dust off my strong-willed child book.
He did have fun though as did Tatum. Another great picture from a not so great camera. It did capture another genuine moment of the day. If only I could insert the squeals of laughter that accompanied those smiles. You can't fake those smiles and believe me I have some fake pictures of Tatum posing while riding some rides. When I can get her having fun without her knowing it they are some of my favorite pictures of her. That is why I like this one, that is her smile like you mean it smile.
So long Worlds of Fun you were good to us today. We will be seeing you many times again this summer.
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