King's Dominion

Since we won't be getting together for Thanksgiving this year (Lara's family will be spending the holiday in Florida), we decided we should still try to get together sometime this fall. King's Dominion is almost exactly halfway in between all of us, so we spent last weekend in Doswell, Virginia enjoying the beautiful fall weather and low crowds (I guess most people were at home preparing for some minor weather turbulence called Hurricane Sandy!)

 

We all arrived on Friday evening and stayed the night at the Best Western that is right next door to the amusement park. The kids were so excited to see all of their cousins and had a great time getting reacquainted with each other that night.

 

We spent the whole day on Saturday at King's Dominion. Some of the adults and oldest cousin Chloe went off at times to ride the huge roller coasters. I preferred sticking around the Kiddie Areas and watched all the younger kids have a great time.

 

 

Abby and her cousin Paige get along so well and rode almost every single ride together.

 

 

 

They let Landon tag along at times too!

 

 

This little guy did great riding around in his stoller all day. We did get him out at times, including right here where he was attempting to throw a tantrum on the ground but was blocked by this troublesome stroller! He ended up staying in this position for several minutes. I think he was aiming for some pity points, instead all he got were some pictures!

 

 

He also enjoyed picking up all the fall leaves on the ground and giving them to anyone who would take them!

 

 

It was hard for him to watch all the other kids have such fun though...

 

 

He really wanted in on all the action!

 

 

Our little jailbird!

 

This was perhaps the favorite ride of the day...power cars!! 

 

Keep your eyes on the road bud!

 

They also had a little treasure hunt for the kids to go on where they collected all kinds of treasures along the way. Who knew a plastic eyepatch and telescope could be just as entertaining as any of the rides! (The kid areas are all themed around the characters from Charlie Brown, hence Linus and Sally!)

 

 

We left right around 7 p.m. when all the scary stuff started to happen around the park. They set it up for "Frightmares" at night and since we didn't want to scar our children for life, we decided it best to head on home.

 

We had a great weekend and it was great to be with family again. Plus it was also a nice distraction from the impending weather that was scheduled to hit on Monday. More on that to come...