4th of July at Rye Playland

Avery made the hat at daycare as an arts and craft project. The kids all got these leis and flags too, and they obviously had a lesson in flag waving, because Avery is great at it!

We decided to check out Rye Playland, an amusement park nearby, and we're so glad we went! We were a little bit unsure whether or not to go today; we thought it might be horribly crowded because of the holiday, also we weren't sure if there would be anything appropriate for Avery. But it was so fun, we might have to make it a 4th of July tradition! It took less than half an hour to drive there, and we got there early enough in the day that there were no crowds and no lines. It's also really reasonably priced (ie. there is no admission fee, you just pay for the amount of rides you go on). Avery loved the couple of rides we brought him on in Kiddyland, but Carolyn and I also took turns going on some grown up rides (we each went into a "Screamatorium" type ride, I went on the roller coaster, and we each rode the log flume. So fun!).