Wonderland!

Took Charley out of school yesterday to visit Canada's Wonderland.  It was super-duper great!

Charley has been having a rough time in school lately and really needed a fun day to recover from the 'torture chamber', ie: time spent with 25 peers.  Give that kid a half dozen adults and a room of science experiments and he would be in his glory.  Don't think that's going to happen though...

So!  In the spirit of my always practical mother, we did the mid-week, spring Wonderland outing.  No lines, no crowds, no waits!  The only way to go.  Weather was perfect and the kids were in heaven.

Uncle Phil was with us too, celebrating his birthday week.  We had the best visit and we were super-sad to see him leave this morning.  He's just part of our family.

Here are a few shots of the revelry. 

Some parts of the park are exactly the same as my last visit.  (It's been over 20 years since I was there!)

 Our first stop: the train ride.

 A classic CW tradition

 Charley meets Charlie

Fear and anticipation before riding the new roller coaster, Leviathan.  It has some pretty impressive statistics!

There's Chris and Phil about to do a 306 foot drop over the edge.  Complete insanity.  They adored it.

I managed to get my 4 boys home safely after a busy day, but no one was up very late last night!

I can't imagine going during the summer... The boys must have been on close to 30 rides yesterday and that would never happen during the summer rush.  We certainly got our money's worth.