We excitedly piled into Ryan’s automotive and headed south to Carowinds amusement park. We knew the day could be heat however the climate regarded principally overcast and highs had been presupposed to hover round 86. Nicely, the forecast was fallacious as a result of the solar blazed all day till it rained and temperatures reached 95 levels. It was H-O-T and we had been all melting… and the boys had been melting down.
There have been positively some excessive highs throughout our Carowinds journey — the boys beloved Camp Snoopy and the waterpark — however all visions we had in our head for a ten/10 household journey to our native amusement park went out the window inside 90 minutes of our time at Carowinds.
The boys simply appeared off and Ryan and I repeatedly checked out one another like, “What’s going on with everybody at this time?” We actually normally go into household adventures with low expectations as a result of we all know by now adventures with children are unpredictable and by no means, ever seamless however after such a great expertise at Disney, I feel we forgot that amusement parks could be very hit and miss relying on climate, how everybody’s feeling, tiredness ranges, and so forth.
Regardless of meltdowns, melting children and endurance ranges that slowly tanked all day lengthy, we did have some actually enjoyable moments all through the day.
The waterpark turned issues round for our crew and I’m pretty sure we did practically 8 laps within the lazy river as a result of the boys beloved it a lot! Rhett was in heaven as a result of it was solely 2.5 ft deep so he may swim the entire time however pop up on his ft when he have to catch his breath. It was so cute to see him so thrilled and so impartial!
As soon as everybody cooled off a bit on the waterpark, attitudes shifted for the higher however then every thing shut down for inclement climate that was on the horizon. We determined to throw within the towel and head dwelling at this level and, go determine, as we acquired within the automotive to depart, the boys stated they’d a blast. Ryan and I laughed out loud and checked out one another like, “Nicely, ya’d by no means understand it!” however at the least the boys left the park with good reminiscences, I suppose! They requested to return to Carowinds the subsequent day and whereas we promised a return go to quickly, we’ll decide a day when it doesn’t really feel just like the floor of the solar outdoors.
The remainder of our Saturday regarded like much-needed showers, pajamas, pizza and the Olympics! We’re completely loving watching the Olympics collectively as a household and it’s been a blast to see the boys get actually into the varied occasions. Swimming, monitor and area, diving, gymnastics and rowing have been their favorites!
Sunday
Sunday morning started within the kitchen! The large children needed some chill time to do the Legos my sister despatched to Chase for his birthday and Rhett was all about serving to me make zucchini muffins and selfmade pasta sauce utilizing a few of the goodies from our backyard.
Sally’s Baking Habit by no means steers me fallacious along with her recipes and we beloved her muffins a lot!
We had simply sufficient time to smear butter on our muffins and dig in earlier than it was time to dress and head out the door for church. The boys had been thrilled as a result of it was “transferring up day” and Ryder is now formally within the huge child church auditorium with Chase. (Rhett remains to be thrilled to be within the little child part and none the wiser.)
As soon as we made it dwelling, we ate lunch and caught just a few Olympics occasions dwell (how in regards to the U.S. ladies’s 4×100 medley relay smashing the world report!?) after which headed outdoors for some lake swimming to spherical out our Sunday.
Sunday was an ideal day from begin to end and we ended the day with huge plates of spaghetti and key lime pie for dessert!
Whereas I’m not precisely positive what we’ll be doing to fill the remainder of our last week of summer time break, our plans for at this time embody a pool play date with pals which must be a great way to beat the warmth. I hope you all have an exquisite Monday!!
