Kings Island with Luke

Yesterday, Luke and I went to Kings Island with my parents for GE days. The weather was awesome... the sky cleared up, it didn't rain once, and we were actually hot from the sun beating down on us. The park wasn't very crowded at all.

Walking all over Kings Island was exhausting, but we had fun. We were there from 1:30 until about 6:30 pm when we couldn't walk any further. We discovered that Kings Island isn't very baby friendly. There were only a few things we could go on with Luke, so that was disappointing. There isn't even any place to let him crawl and climb, like a playground; that would've been great. He absolutely loved the big train, though. Just sat on my lap very still, but with a huge grin on his face; he loved feeling the wind and seeing all the trees!

We walked over to check out that new hanging coaster, Firehawk, but it had just broken down so we didn't even get to see it run. It was really strange to be at Kings Island and not ride anything except baby rides. I wanted to go on Adventure Express (it's my favorite small coaster), but was afraid to risk it now that I'm pregnant again. The funny thing is they even had a warning on the small Thomas the Train kiddie ride that pregnant women shouldn't ride. Yeah, right. The thing went so slow that Luke was able to sit in his own seat, firmly belted in and didn't move once. Even though he smiled a couple of times, he wasn't sure what to think of it. He rode facing my mom and I; I think he liked it.

After walking for a few hours, we decided to head over to the picnic area where GE was doing free bingo where you could win stuff like TVs and small appliances. But, no one told us it only went until 5:00, so we completely missed out on the bingo. We had planned to use it as a chance to rest. Oh well... maybe next year.

Unfortunately, all that walking did me in and I felt quite lousy today. Very tired and achy all over, with a headache and dizziness. All day, I napped whenever Luke napped. Thank God that turned out to be about 5 hours worth of extra sleeping. I guess I needed all that rest, because I feel much better now.