Six Flags

Taking 8 people anywhere is expensive.  This means we tend to plan our big money outings on a rotating basis: one year we do the circus, the next it's the fair, and this year it was the amusement park!

Our local park is called Six Flags.  When the kids wanted to know why, I told them there was one flag for each of them!

 This year, in keeping with our trajectory plans, the Emperor took all six kids by himself! 

This meant that he took the youngest three to the "younger" rides, and the oldest three went off on their own... for the day.

 It worked! 

Everyone had a great time.  No one got lost.

We provided a little structure for the older kids: what to do if they lost some one, what to do if different kids wanted to do different rides, when to be back, where to meet, how to get food, and so forth, and they were totally fine!

The one thing everyone could do together was the bumper cars.

Sorry for the blur, all the pictures are from phones.

What a fun day! 

And the confidence on the older kids' faces was the best souvenir!