Bay Beach Amusement Park

Her favorites were the carousel, train ride & big slide. The others she didn't seem to care for much. She loved picking out which color she would ride on and loved to pretend steer, but once it started moving she just seemed scared.

Here she picked out a yellow bug. Next year when she rides she'll be able to have cousin Blake riding with her. It was a little chilly out and overcast so the park wasn't very busy, so that was nice.
She was partial to green. Most rides she would choose the green one if it was available.
The big slide was a fun time. She got to go down it once with mommy & once with daddy. As you look in the picture below (with daddy, they are the ones coming down last) it is quite a hike to walk up all the stairs to get to the top. And even as an adult I still felt my heart leap out of my chest as we went down each hump. This was always my favorite.
As a kid we came here evey year in grade school for our end of the year field trip and them mom & dad would take us once every summer. When they took us we would go cash in all our aluminum cans we collected and that would be our money to spend on rides. When we were young, tickets were 10 cents a piece. NO! I am not that old! They are only 25 cents a piece now and rides cost 1-2 tickets. Most of the kiddie rides are 1 ticket, although the train and carousel are each 2 tickets. The rides for the bigger kids are all pretty much 2 tickets. But still, that's cheap family fun.

Any moms in my playgroup that are looking for a good weekend or day trip, you should go check out Green Bay. You could to do Bay Beach and the next door Wildlife Sanctuary (we haven't take Isabel there yet) on one day and then go to the zoo another day. Plus there is the Packet Hall of Fame, which you can intice the dad with. I haven't been there since I was in junior high. There is actually a lot of other neat things to do in GB, so if you do make a little trip out of it, let me know if you need more ideas.