July 03, 2009

A.Maze.Ing.

We went to Lagoon today and no one cried. No one whined. No one voiced much discord at all. The kids even tried lots of rides and seemed

to have a great time. Levi went on Puff the Magic Dragon for the first time (he's ducking next to Erin but said it was fun):


The kids also rode on the airplanes, the boats, the Train, the sky ride, and the ferris wheel. This is a pretty HUGE breakthrough because last year, and the year before, they couldn't ride a ride without one of them bursting into tears and screaming/shrieking at the top of their lungs. Today was just incredible.

Erin and I each took turns riding Wicked. That was quite an experience for both of us. Oddly enough, we could both fit our girth into the seats comfortably, but got a pretty good scare because the attendants told us both that the lap bar hadn't latched. No big deal, right? Not exactly:


Yeah, that yellow tower is probably 6 or 7 stories high and gravity forces you forward against your lap bar the entire time you're basically free-falling downward. That same lap bar that the attendant had told us hadn't latched completely. I've never prayed so hard not to die in my entire life. I may just try it again if I ever get around to losing 130 pounds or so.

Other pictures from the day:










4 comments:

Susan G. said...

such cute pictures!! Looks like you had a great time!!

Mark said...

Yeah, it was pretty amazing.

Heidi said...

Glad you had a good time. No whining and crying? That's a red-letter day in my book!

Erin said...

And Levi keeps saying "I want to go to the Lagoon"!