Tuesday, June 24, 2014

"Mermaid Lagoon"...

We did Lagoon this past weekend.
We didn't just go to Lagoon - we "did" it...
Little Gardner Guy style.
To accomplish this requires you ride every single ride you're tall enough to ride at least once.  The wet and fast ones definitely more than twice.
I should back up a wee bit - my kids were calling it, "Mermaid Lagoon" all week in anticipation of our visit.  Maybe you aren't as familiar with Jake and the Neverland Pirates as we are here.  In that cartoon the mermaids live in "Mermaid Lagoon", so all this talk of magical rides and the epic fun that is Lagoon, just kinda led them to what I think Lagoon should probably be called from this point forward.
Anyway, back to "doing" Lagoon... You have to change your clothes mid day and put on a new pair of shoes because your little toes are white and shriveled from being in the "baths" known as your kicks all morning long.
To "do" Lagoon you have to appreciate the smell of wet and sweat and greasy AND curse the fact that it costs a bazillion dollars to ride the freakin' Dragon Coaster and buy them an ice cream cone.
It does come with its perks, though, this Amusement park madness.  It's basically an open crayon box. A dirty old box of crayons, but nevertheless, colorful.  And Lawd knows a little summer color can go a long way in the happy kids/happy life department.
Plus, guaranteed, you can't draw a picture of a peacock without some crayons, you know?
So doing Lagoon... made for a loud and dirty and possibly even over-stimulating day... but it was perfect.  Seriously.  How fun is it to watch my boys in childhood bliss?
Sometimes, we have to put our adult eyes away for a day to see that joy offered by a silly Amusement park.  If not, we'll miss the wonder.  And I'll be honest... I'm not ready to outgrow the magic of a "free" toy in a McDonald's happy meal or the thrill of being given a sucker by a drive through bank clerk.  Yes, everyone should, every once in a while, shed the stiffness of maturity and go to the Amusement park and eat a corn dog and think nothing of saturated fat because it's not about nutrition... it's about interrupting the norm with spun sugar and wet kicks and calliope music and magic.
'Til next time "Mermaid Lagoon".
.XO.

1 comment:

Chrystie said...

So fun! I love the kiddie land at Lagoon!! Those boys look like they are having the time of their lives. Look out though, before you know it those boys are going to be begging to go on Wicked three times in a row (My Dax is tall enough for the "big boy" rides, and he can't get enough).

By the way, I love "That's Not My Name" by the Ting Tings, and already have it on one of my running playlists. Preston HATES that song though. He says it sounds like he is getting yelled at, so I am not allowed to play it at home or in the car when he is around ;)