Daddy-Daughter Day

So after our Memorial Day Adults only canoeing trip, Avery and I blew off work and school to take a daddy-daughter day trip to Carowinds, much like we did last year.  Going on a weekday before a lot of the schools let out means we had most of the rides to ourselves and there weren't that many people.

We had to make a quick stop at Target to pick her up some new shades.

Meeting Snoopy! 

 We went on a lot of rides in the morning.

 Avery picked this horse out pretty quickly...I wonder why?

 On the kids swings.  On the kids rides, they have this annoying thing where the ride operator will yell out, "When I say Charlie, you say Brown!  Charlie!" Avery was one of the few kids that would yell out "Brown!"

 We ended up being 4 times Woodstock Glider Champions!  This is my favorite ride that we can do together.

After lunch, we headed over to the waterpark side of the park.  We did a couple trips on the giant water slide in a tube and 3 times down the lazy river.  I didn't get to take a lot of pictures obviously, but here is a video of Avery getting a giant bucket of water dumped on her.  This splash park was aweseome and is where we spent most of our time....it had 5 different waterslides that were kid (big kids too) sized, water guns to shoot random people, and this giant bucket of water that would dump over the whole thing every 5 minutes.  Avery is in the middle of the frame in a long sleeved shirt.



 After the waterpark, we decided to take a break for icecream and some silly pictures.

 And a few more kids rides.

 Then Avery got to play one of the games.  If we played these games everytime we went, we would have to add an addition to the house to store all the stuffed animals.  It was supposed to be $3 for one throw and $5 for 2 throws, but when Avery walked up he gave her 5 throws for $5.  I don't think he had seen her throw before, because he made a grave mistake.  She popped 3 balloons including one on the top row and ended up with two big prizes.

 After we left, it kind of got quiet in the backseat on the way home...  I think she had an awesome day.