Trip to Edaville

Memere and Pepere took us all to Edaville. It has got everything - lights and decorations for Christmas, train ride, food, playground, and lots of carnival rides for the kids. It was the first time for the kids to ride so many rides. I took them on a ferris wheel when we lived in Alaska, but this time they rode all sorts of rides: spinning, bumping, flying, etc. I am so grateful to Memere, Pepere, and Uncle Chris who went on the rides with the kids. I was busy taking pictures and Kevin was manning the video camera, so the extra hands (and bodies) were wonderful! We all enjoyed the train ride around the park - lots of lights to see at night. It was a really nice night, especially since we didn't have snow, the wind wasn't blowing too bad, and the rain only spit on us rather than dumping.

This was the first ride we came to. The kids were so excited. It spins them around and they get to fly up and down. It was fun to see the kid's smiles (the entire time we were here!).



Fortunately, the park had a stroller we could borrow (ours didn't get packed). This is how Domonique spent most of her evening.

Ben and Marissa rode most of the rides together because they were just tall enough to ride without an adult. Chris rode many of the rides with Emily. Memere took Xiomara and Kemiah on most of the rides. They all rode this one - the whole ride spins around but each drum can be spun by the riders. Everyone got off very dizzy.

Xiomara and Kemiah saying hello after their ride on the ferris wheel.

Marissa leaned forward to say hi for the picture but Ben didn't want to move. I know exactly how he feels!

Emily was all smiles at the end of the ride.

Cute couple! We are all waiting on the train and ready to get going to see the lights!

Kemiah with Pepere, going around in circles and going up and down, too. There were lots of this type of ride. The kids couldn't get enough!

Uncle Chris with Kemiah and Emily, on another ride that went in circles and their "car" would do it's own circles.

Memere taking Kemiah and Xiomara on a ride while the older three went on the bumper cars. This ride went roung in circles and their spaceship was supposed to go up and down but it didn't work.

Kevin went on the bummer car ride - once with Ben and once with Emily. They all had a great time!

Turned out Xiomara could ride the bumper cars so Uncle Chris took her, while the others rode again!

This was a simple ride, going around while going over hills (at least that's what it looked like). Each kid had their own seat, and Memere went along!

We found the playground and a giant steam engine.

5 sweet kids on the bulldozer.

There was a big building that we went into at the end of our visit. It had different displays and, more importantly, bathrooms! We let Domonique out to roam around (although she had been walking about and carried by Pepere). I thought she looked really cute at this fence.

Believe me when I tell you that I have a ton more pictures. Each person on the ride got their picture taken but I decided you only needed one of each ride. We really had a great time!