Anniversary Day 2

"Wouldn't our kids love this?" This was the comment we made throughout our day at Six Flags. Our favorite things about our day reminded us of the kids, including how frightened my wife was of the Superman, how cool it was to take pictures with super heroes and Loony Toons, the prizes for games, the cowboys slinging guns, the bumper cars, and even some of the rides. I loved the nostalgia of it all. We both realized we hadn't gone to an amusement park like this for years. We rode almost everything once, and realized we weren't up for some of these rides any longer, especially if they were the rickety old roller coasters with wood frames that knock you around like a rag doll. We loved those when we were kids. But we're older now and get headaches with the "jerky" rides. We also decided to ride the log ride and got soaked. We were surprised how quickly we got through everything we wanted to. We have so much time on our hands without kids. It was a bit strange. Interestingly, we did not take the extra time to ride more rides. The thing we wanted to do the most was find prizes and souvenirs for the kids. We missed them a lot and loved picking them up and spending time with them. In addition to the prizes we won, we got them super hero capes. We couldn't help it. At first we joked that we couldn't stop talking about the kids, but we really didn't want to. They are our greatest joy and an endless source of wonderful conversation. Either way, we needed this day off from the stresses of getting ready for the move, not only to unwind, but more importantly to strengthen our friendship.

*Of course, none of it would have been possible without my sister-in-law watching the kids. After picking them up we went out to eat before going home to bed.