On Friday, we packed up the car and headed out for Trip Number Two of the summer - an overnight stay in Hershey, PA to meet up with our awesomely fun NJ cousins and partake in the delights of Hershey Park (our first time there).
We've had this trip planned for several months and wouldn't you know, the two days we chose were inferno, scorching, ass boiling hot. We also chose a day 32,000 other folks decided to partake in the delights of Hershey Park. In other words, there was no lazy river riding since the line was a 2.5 hour wait (I convinced myself we didn't really want to be swimming in shared water that crowded which certainly had to infested with several diseases, even if it was a billion degrees outside and my arms were baking like two rotisserie chickens). I mean, with the amount of tattoos we saw, there had to be some open festering wounds right? (Note to selves: future summer theme park trips must occur on Tuesdays.)
The good news is, with 31,500 people in the waterpark area, the kids could virtually walk onto any ride they wanted. And we hit them all; ten hours worth.
Better news, we got to spend 36 hours alongside our awesomely fun cousins, laughing and watching our collective four boys (3, 6, 7 and 8) hold hands, giggle and delight in each other.
What kid doesn't love staying in a hotel? The bed jumping, riding the luggage cart...
And then Uncle Craig taught the boys some gambling skills...
We hit the park full force Saturday morning and the boys rode every ride they could...we even snuck on some ourselves.
Not quite sure what Andrew was doing with his hand here... Maybe telling Logan to stay on track of the Hershey Highway.
No trip to the theme park is complete without the water squirting game...
And spending $35 to make sure all four kids win a $.50 stuffed monkey (that are now shedding all over my house)...
We saved the Chocolate World tour for last, where they explain how they make the chocolate and you wind up in a supermarket size gift shop filled with a billion tons of candy.
A perfect ending for a sweet trip.
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