Visit to the North Pole

Mimi and Papa came to visit us at the end of June.  We got the visit off on the right foot by heading up to The North Pole near Cascade, Colorado (just to the west of Colorado Springs).  The North Pole is essentially a Christmas-themed amusement park targeted for kids between the ages of 2 and 8, so Kara and Emily were definitely in the target audience.

As we were walking into the park, Santa and Mrs. Claus were there to greet the guests, which Kara thought was awesome.  From there, we hit some of the rides.  Kara was big enough to ride almost all of the rides (most of them without an adult), so she had a great time running from ride to ride.  Emily thought the rides looked great from the side, but quickly changed her mind once she got on some of them.  She did eventually do some rides with Kara and had a great time.

The coolest part (literally) was The North Pole, which was a pole covered in ice.  That was really neat to check out on a hot day.  In addition, we got to sit down with Santa and talk with him at his little cottage.  It took Emily a couple of visits until she warmed up to Santa (though she never would sit on his lap), but Kara jumped right up there and started telling all about superheroes (it was a little too far until Christmas for her to be prepared).

All in all, it was a really fun day (though a little hot).  Definitely a place we'll have to visit again!

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