Riding the Train at Kiddie Land

Those of you who have children in Chicagoland are probably by now familiar with the Kiddie Land amusement park in Melrose Park. It's a small amusement park the specializes in rides for children about seven and under - those too small to ride the rides at the big amusement parks like Six Flags. My grandparents took my mother there when she was a little girl and my parents took me there when I was AB's age.

Well today it was time for us to take AB to Kiddie Land. We all had a great time, except for at the end when DW and I both were ready to puke after one round on the Tilt-A-Whirl. AB can go on that solo next time.

He loved the roller coaster and that ride that goes up and down dropping you with negative "G's" (that weightless feeling of your stomach coming up through your throat) like the Tower of Terror at Disney's MGM Studios in Orlando.

But his favorite was the miniature train that goes around the perimeter of the park. I think we rode it at least ten times. The best part of the AB screaming when the train went through the tunnels....