Monday, October 13, 2008

Canobie Lake Park

Last month P&G had their company picnic for all of the Boston employees. The picnic was held at Canobie Lake Park, and the kids loved it. You would think that after four days of rides at Disney in August, this might not measure up, but they didn't care in the least. I guess when you are 3 and 6 years old, a ride is a ride! I will have to remember that before we spend a whole lot of money going to Disney again!

Here is Rebekah on the carousel.....all smiles!

The great thing about this park was that there were so many rides for young children. We initially saw the bumper cars that were geared for the older kids, and our guys were bummed that they weren't big enough to go on them. Well, it wasn't long after that we found these bumper cars...specifically aimed at the smaller crowd. They were sooo excited! Even Disney doesn't have bumper cars!



There were also a number of these flying rides.....they go around in a circle and the kids could control the up and down for their specific craft. They went on helicopters, spaceships, airplanes, dinosaurs and more. Every time they wanted to go on one, Kevin would complain that it was the same thing as the previous ride. I guess he doesn't think like a kid anymore! :)


Another hit were these cars that the kids could 'drive'. The are like the antique car ride...they run on a track and the kids have a gas pedal to press.


This ride was a mini version of one of those 'death drop' kind of things. The ride was only about 10 feet up, and instead of a free fall, it just bounced the kids up and down. They loved it!


The dinosaur ride....redundant in Kevin's mind.....LOL!

This little canoe ride was so mellow that an infant could have ridden in it. It didn't impress Noah at all, but Rebekah liked it. I don't know what he was complaining about in this photo.....but whatever it was, it wasn't a big deal!

Overall, it was a fun day despite some threatening weather early on. We actually drove to the park in pouring rain, but by the time we arrived it had begun to clear up. Luck was on our side that day!

1 comment:

Trish and Matt said...

Fun! We missed P&G day at the amusement park here on account of one very vomiting Goose. Glad to see your crowd enjoyed the day.

And yay for more posting!