Heritage Park & Calaway Park

June 3rd was supposed to be the day that Jamie’s Preschool went to Calaway Park, but due to scheduling issues it has been postponed until Wednesday June 8th.  Since Dad already had the day off he decided to head to Heritage Park with Karlee.  We invited Grandma to come along and enjoy the day with us.  It was a nice morning and the weather was cooperating a little better.

When we first got there Karlee wanted to head straight to the midway and go on the rides.  We went on many of the rides when we first got there.  Karlee went on the little Ferris wheel by herself and loved it!  We then pried her away from the rides and went over to the wagon ride.  They did an excellent period tour of the park with both the guide and the driver playing their roles perfectly.  We then toured a couple of buildings and Karlee had a great time going through the trains.  She was running from train car to train car and pointing out everything inside them.  We had a quick lunch and went back to the midway.  Karlee wanted to go on every ride so we did them all, except the swings.  When we had finished on the caterpillar Karlee said she wanted to go on the swings.  I wasn’t sure she was tall enough, but she wanted to try.  We went over and they measured her and she just came in tall enough.  She had a great time!
 
We hit the ice cream shop and the bakery and then headed out.  As we were leaving the skies opened up and the rain started.  There was pouring rain, hail and everything in between as we did the long walk from the park to Gasoline Alley.  Thankfully when we got to Gasoline Alley we could get out of the rain.  Karlee looked at a few old cars and then found the tricycles and the road course.  She had a great time playing there.

Friday night Mom was doing a charter for her old school to Calaway Park so Dad decided to bring the kids and make it a night.  The drive up there was absolutely awful taking about 80 minutes to get to Canada Olympic Park and only getting above 30 once on Sarcee Trail.  We got out there around 5:30 and quickly hit the rides.  We went on a few before Mom showed up and then kept right on going.  Karlee & Ryley loved the log ride and most of the other rides.  Karlee is still too short for some of the rides while Ryley is now able to go on more and more of them.  We went on Free Falling (you go up in the air and then drop) and Karlee didn’t know what to make of it.  The attendant even asked us once at the bottom if she was ok and when we asked she said she was good.  When we got off the ride she said she loved it.
 
It was a great night and the kids enjoyed themselves.