Lagoon

Today Ryan and I took Sienna to Lagoon and had one of the best days I can remember!


The first ride we saw was a roller coaster (Bombora) that looked very small and baby-ish, so we jumped on.  Sienna was dying of excitement!  It turned out to be a lot more thrilling than we had thought, and was too much for her first ride....

She was very unhappy with us and when we tried to go on the next ride, she fought us tooth and nail.  I'm not sure it was a good thing to do, but I made her get on despite the tears and we rode.  I promised her candy so we went into a shop next and she picked out a huge $8 lollipop that came with a little turtle-she has expensive taste!-and after that we tried to stick with rides that wouldn't traumatize her (teacups, tilt-a-whirl, a car driving in a little circle on a track...)

She became more brave and started wanting to get on all the rides-even ones that I was nervous to do and that she was too small for.  Eventually we came to a ride called "paratrooper" which looked like a ferris wheel tilted at an angle.  I got on with Sienna and it started moving slowly...then picked up a ton of speed!  We weren't expecting a fast ride and I could tell Sienna was terrified, but it was too late to get off so I just squeezed her close and kept saying, "Whee!  This is so fun!  We are flying!"  Ryan was watching from the ground and said that her face went from happy to horrified...poor girl!

Next we rode the ferris wheel and she loved it!  She was even braver than Mommy, who was not enjoying it at all!  Sienna even wanted to spin our carriage while we were sitting at the top, hundreds of feet in the air!  When the ride ended she asked to say on for another round, so we went up yet again.  Yikes!

Sienna got me to go on a rocket ride (baby size but still scary!) because she wasn't tall enough to go by herself (and dad was off riding coasters with friends).  I was proud of her for being so brave, especially after the rollercoaster experience.  The last thing we did before leaving Lagoon was a haunted house.  While we were inside, Sienna got really afraid and was whimpering with fear.  On the drive home I asked her, "Wasn't that such a fun day?" and she replied, "Yes!!  But not the one in the dark!"  She kept on saying that every time we talked about Lagoon for the next few days.  "I want to ride all those rides again!  But not the dark one!"

The day wore Sienna out so much that on the way home she passed out and it was difficult to wake her up when we stopped for slushies.  I love my girl!  She is a complete sweetheart and is growing up way too fast.  I am not looking forward to the day that we go to Lagoon and she only wants to ride the rides that terrify me!  (Although I'm sure Ryan will be super thrilled!)