Essel World

In honor of Kaleb and Noé's birthday and the last day of spring break, we went out to Essel World Amusement Park!

Who gave Teague a license?

Someone thinks I'm an angel.  Love you Leonard!

I sat this ride out with Gavin, while Len took the rest of the kiddos.  It's called Monsters in the Mist and they were hoping to cool off in the mist.  Len said it wasn't cool at all and Ali had both hands over her eyes the entire time, poor baby!

Ah man, I knew these pants made my bum look big, ha ha!

Kaleb, Noé, and I on the Hoola Loop!  Gavin had ridden it with Len, Kaleb, and Noé right before this.  He is braver than he gives himself credit for!

Teague and Hiram on their favorite ride they called the caterpillar.  Ali called it the big apple as the caterpillar rode through an apple.  This ride also taught her the phrase, "I'm too little" as she was too little to ride it.  Now when I ask her to do certain chores she doesn't want to, she responds with "I'm too little."  Ugh!

This was the first ride Ali went on right after we arrived.  She had fallen asleep en route to the park, so she was still a little groggy.  She was awake enough though to insist on a purple horse.

We've ridden splash rides before...

...but the Aqua Dive got us COMPLETELY drenched from head to toe!

It was such a lovely day to be outside and have lots of safe space to just walk around in.  There were lots of other people at the park including a school field trip, but the park wasn't crowded at all.  We walked on to every ride without any long waits.

These flowers made me think of the Indian flag in green and orange (or as they call it Saffron).

"In the national flag of India the top band is of Saffron color, indicating the strength and courage of the country.  The white middle bad indicates peace and truth with Dharma Chakra.  The last band is green in color showing the fertility, growth, and auspiciousness of the land." ~knowindia.gov

Right beside the park is the Global Vipassana Pagoda, a Burmese Buddhist shrine that opened 8 years ago as a monument to peace and harmony.

These large water cisterns were all throughout the park filled with drinking water.  We still chose to drink bottled water ;).

The sun set on a lovely day, but before we left we exchanged our day passes for a passport that will allow us to come 2 more times in the next year.  Teague and Ali already know what they want to do for their birthdays, ha!

We also rode a ferry to Marvé Beach before calling Uber to take us the rest of the way home.  The kids thought of the ferry as another fun ride.