Adi's Anecdotes: Holiday World

We LOVE Holiday World! If you live in the Midwest and have never been to Holiday World, then shame on you! ;-) Holiday World, located in Santa Claus, Indiana, is the best amusement park. It's clean, family friendly and they have tons of rides for even the youngest (for some rides, the only height requirement is that they can sit up on their own). Since they promote healthy living, Holiday World offers free sunscreen stations (so you don't get sun burned) and free drink stations (so you don't dehydrate) throughout the park. My favorite thing is the waterpark (which happens to be the 2nd biggest waterpark in the world). It's amazing.

We return to Holiday World every summer with my parents and Lindsey & Luke, and here are a few pics of our 2010 Holiday World trip...

Sitting on Santa's lap

My parents were with us both days, and we spent the first day with our friends, Mike & Marenda and their (cutest) little 15-month old guy, Oscar, as well. The boys call him "Baby Oscar". It's hilarious because they refer to Mike (Oscar's dad) as "Daddy Oscar." Ha!
The three boys rode this little canoe ride together. Matthew and Jordan got in first, and then the ride attendant turned to Jordan and said, "OK little man, you have a really big job to do. You've gotta sit behind this little guy and make sure he doesn't try to get out of the boat. Are up for that?" Jordan nodded his head vigorously and then took the instructions very seriously (as you can see below). :) He didn't take his hands off Oscar's shoulders the whole time. It was so cute.

Uncle Luke and Aunt Lindsey joined us on the second day. Here we are driving the old-fashioned cars. I thought it was hilarious that the boys actually thought they were really driving them.

The tilt-a-whirl. Thanks to my sister for taking my place on this one. I wanted to vomit just watching them...

I love these raft rides. Matthew is saying, "Yeah! Let's go!"

And the waterpark. The boys' absolute favorite was the wave pool. Near the end of the summer, Jordan got brave enough to put his head under the water, so I was so excited to get a picture of him with his head under the water. I'm so proud of him! Matthew has always been a fish and has been swimming with his head under the water since before he could walk. ;-)