Idlewild

We started school a couple of weeks ago. So far, so good. :) A few days after we started, we took a day and went to Idlewild Park - a great little park near here. Dave's parents came with us and it was a really special day. (We were easing into the school - we find it makes the transition go much better.)

We went on a Tuesday with this great deal from our local grocery store. Your whole car could get in for $95 and if you had a Giant Eagle card, you saved even more off of that! It was a great deal, as I said - esp. for our family of 7! It was a great day all around.

 Kicking off the day with Pop-Pop and the rides!!

 Mom-Mom with Sam on the balloon ride

Sam and I on the ferris wheel

 This fun little place is called Story Book Forest. A lot of the children's books "come to life" for the kids.

(Truth be told, really most of our children are too old for this part, but it was a fun little stop.)

Plus, we were studying King Arthur for our Middle Ages study, so we just had to go and stop by the sword in the stone. :)

All of us on a little bridge in the Story Book Forest

 Anna on the Good Ship Lollipop

 Josh easily removing the Sword in the Stone!

Anna pulling a little harder!

Tim as one of the 3 Little Pigs!

 Sarah doing a little dancing on the life-size blocks...

and running over her brother with the magic carpet. :) 

We also went to the water park (aka Soak Zone) and spent several hours there! The kids loved that! They got to do water slides, the wave pool and a whole adventure area for the younger three! It was very fun.

We had some pizza at the park, rode some more rides and called it a day. It was a great day and we were so glad to spend it with Pop-Pop and Mom-Mom!