La Goon

Dave and I surprised the boys with a trip to Lagoon today. Yesterday, I told them that we would be doing something special, and they were funny about guessing. "Is it better than going to Grandpa Randy's?" "Is it better than Chuck E. Cheese?" Seriously, Chuck E. Cheese. I hate that place.

Anyway, they were very excited when we pulled up to the park, and the delirium didn't wear off until they passed out cold about 10:00 tonight. Dylan is only 44 inches, and you have to be 46" for most of the rides, and I'll be damned, but those teenyboppers working the rides, only look spaced out and chromosome challenged. They kicked us out of line every time. Dyl, was alright about it though, he rode a few good rides and then hung out in Kiddieland. Dylan got a little nervous about the rides after the Pirate Ship gave him butterflies, so I had to encourage him all through the line for Puff the Dragon. I held him, and talked to him forever in that stupid line, and when we got to the first of the line I folded myself into the tiny seat and turned around to help Dylan get in, and he was nowhere. I finally spotted him in the front car with another little boy. He was waving, and yelled back to me, that he wanted the front seat. The little turd totally desereted me, and then I was stuck, by myself riding the kiddie coaster. The snot nosed kid that ran the ride, came up to me and smirked, "please buckle your seatbelt ma'm." Like I could get out of that damn thing, without a bucket of crisco and few magic tricks. The worst was when Dave came back with our friends, and there I was, smashed into the kid roller coaster all by myself.

Dawson made the height cut-off by an inch, and every ride he got of was "frickin' awesome," and he wanted to go again. We had to keep shepherding him down the rides, because he thought it couldn't get any better. When we made it to the adult rides, he was hell bent on riding every last roller coaster, except Colossus. He didn't want to go upside down, so I made a bet with him. We pinky promised that he could ride it one time, and if he hated it, I would give him $5, but if he like it, he had to give me a hug. He and Dave headed of for the roller coaster, and Dave said that after they came out of the loops, Dawson yelled over to him, "I'm pissed!" Dave asked why, and Dawson said, "Because now I have give mom a hug, Wha Hooooo!"