We have Seabreeze season passes again this year. We haven’t used them as much as we normally would have by this time of July because of my surgery in early June. JB has had this week off and we planned to enjoy one full family day at Seabreeze.

Plan (A) – go all day Tuesday.

We had to scrap that because JB woke with a sore back on Monday and could barely move on Tuesday.

Plan (B) – be there at 11AM on Thursday to hit the waterpark before it was crowded.

We had to scrap that because the kids’ lackluster approach to chores and generally poor attitudes this morning lost them [and us!] the privilege of going.

Plan (C) – Try again to go Thursday afternoon if kids exhibit improved behavior and make great strides in deep cleaning the bedrooms and the game room.

We made it!

We arrived around 2:30PM and the park was perfect. Very low crowd. We did dry rides until about 4:30PM. I did MY first rides of the year. [Maybe the last ones, too. I rarely ever ride as I mostly take the kids solo.] I don’t really care if I do them or not, honestly. But the kids get a kick out of seeing me scream and laugh on the wilder ones. They like to see how brave I am. I like holding their hands in lines and hearing them share all the “secrets’” of how to have the best ride, such as “Sit in the back; it is faster,” and “Don’t hold on to the bar and you will feel like you are flying,” etc.

Scooter got to do lots of scooting-around as she practiced walking all along park benches, stone walls, and her favorite – the stroller.

Yup – that’s me with my hands in the air. I am such a rebel, aren’t I?

We then headed to the waterpark for another two hours. Neither JB or I were up to getting in the water, but the kids had a blast. Only about 20 – 30 people in the wave pool. The girls had the waterslides to themselves and three of the kids enjoyed the lazy river. The late afternoon sun felt so good as JB and I sat with Scooter and watched the kids splash and play.

Check out the close up of their faces
just before the bucket dumps!

Finally, we enjoyed another 90 minutes of dry rides before heading home. We wanted to stay to see the lights, but it was 8PM and still too light out for lights and we couldn’t think of anything else to do!!! They’d done everything.

So we stopped at Wegman’s on the way home for a container of ice cream. It cost less than one cone at Seabreeze!

It was such a great day and totally worth having to go on to plan (C). I think God was blessing JB and I for NOT taking the kids when they hadn’t followed through in the morning.