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Just a little more than a month ago we decided to take the kids to a local amusement park. Santa’s Village had been closed for a long time but a couple years ago they re-opened it up as a smaller, petting zoo hybrid type amusement park. Most of the rides look just like the kind that you ride at traveling fairs but there is still a lot of the old infrastructure in place. Anyways rides, animals…kids wanted to go and we wanted to do something special with them.

We brought a wagon with us and I’d probably recommend you do the same. Of course since the day was overcast and it was a weekday the crowds were not bad at all so we didn’t have to worry to much. Right when you walk in there was a woman with a snake for the kids to see. I was surprised the kids weren’t more apprehensive but they seemed to dig it. They also have a lot of little animal habitats setup through the park for Turtles, Lemurs, Capybara, etc. First they had a four seater truck ride that everybody had fun going on.

After that we made it to the goat petting area…..they have a lot of goats, and those goats like to also sneak out when your going in. They are also very friendly. After that they also had some deer and some horses you could ride around in a circle.

After that we ended up riding the Balloon Race quite a few times, the kids always seemed to go back to it even if the creaky noises it made didn’t sit well with me.

After that we hit up a bunch of rides. They had a reindeer ride that you can tell I found every exciting, a little boat ride Tabitha loved, the carousel of course and a little spin snap thing Amelia was terrified of but couldn’t wait to go on a second time with Connor.