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Oh that's right! It's the day we go to the amusement park!
I forget what it's called, though.
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That's right! It's called Six Flags America! Man I'm so excited.
I'm a little nervous that it's going to be too loud or that the rides will scare me but my mom and I talked last night about it.
We agreed to make sure I tell her quick if something is bothering me.
Should I [[get breakfast]], ask mom to look up [[pictures of the park]] or [[go read]]?That's right! It's called King's Dominion! Man I'm so excited.
I'm a little nervous that it's going to be too loud or that the rides will scare me but my mom and I talked last night about it.
We agreed to make sure I tell her quick if something is bothering me.
Should I [[get breakfast]], ask mom to look up [[pictures of the park]] or [[go read]]?I really like to eat before I jump into my day.
Mom mentioned she wants us to be sure to get a good breakfast in since the ride to the park takes a few hours.
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Which do I want?
I can wait to eat breakfast! I wanna see the park. Mom said it's huge and I want to see if I can read a map of it in the car. I don't know why my siblings don't care but I definitely do.
I don't even realizing I'm "stimming" as I run into my mom's room. My arms are everywhere because I'm so excited.
Mom laughs and tell's me we'll pull up pictures after breakfast.
I'm already thinking about what ride I want to try to find first.
My favorites are [[roller coasters]], arcade games and [[the lazy river]] in the waterpark.
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/aerial.jpg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:800px;height:500px;">I know it's an exciting day but I love my book so much.
I'll bring it downstairs with me. Since it's a special day and it's the weekend I wonder I'm going to [[ask mom to make pancakes]]!! I love when she puts in tons of cinnamon and vanilla. So [[delicious]].
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Poptarts are the best!
And bananas are my favorite fruit.
I used to hate the texture of them. I used to think they were too slimy and it made me upset to have to eat them.
But now I'm doing better.
I chow down, get dressed and tell my mom I'm ready to go!
Mom laughs from bed. She hasn't even gotten up yet.
I might be a little early.
I go read my book until it's [[time to go]]
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/poptarts.jpg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:400px;height:500px;">It's Saturday. Plus we're going somewhere special. So it makes sense that we should have a special breakfast, right?
I start getting out the flour, sugar and cinnamon. I don't know what else goes into it. Mom isn't downstairs yet but I think she'll like my help.
I wish we were [[on the road]] already!
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/pancakes.jpeg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:400px;height:500px;">Roller coasters look so fun and so scary any time I've seen them on tv or youtube.
They're fast and high up in the air and some of them even hang you upside down.
Mom lets me use her iPad to watch videos of roller coasters until it's [[time to go]].
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/van.jpg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:400px;height:500px;">I love to swim. I had lessons last year in school and it's so fun. My mom always yells at me to stop running around the pool we have in our backyard.
But I can't help it! I love to cannonball! The world is so quiet underwater, too.
My brother was telling me last night about the lazy river that most amusement parks have. It's just a pool with a current and you can just sit in a blow up donut and just relax. It sounds so great.
But he also told me about [[water slides]]. Sounds scary but fun.
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/lazyriver.jpg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:400px;height:500px;">Wait a second.
Did you hear that?
OH NO. OH....OH GROSS.
I can hear my little brother puking in the bathroom. NO WAY DOES THIS MEAN [[WE CAN'T GO?]]
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ugh.
Well, I'm glad I really wanted to finish my book.
We're not going anywhere today.
Sad panda.
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I tell my mom I want to see pictures of the water slides and lazy river, not the roller coasters.
She sighs and tells me to let her finish getting dressed and we'll get pictures in a few minutes.
My brother tells me scary stories during breakfast about how people can get stuck at the bottom of water slides or fall off roller coasters.
I'm freaking out just as mom comes [[in the room]].
Once everyone is ready, we pile into the car.
I'm so excited I accidentally smack my brother across the face with my arms. I didn't see because I was shaking my head in excitement, too.
Luckily, he doesn't get upset. I whacked him yesterday, too.
Mom makes sure no one has to go to the bathroom before we go and then [[we're off]]!Mom asks us to help put the bags in the car.
I make sure to include our cooler bag with snacks, lunch and water.
Mom yells at me to double check if I brought my headphones.
Let's get [[on the road]]!!
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/van.png" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:400px;height:500px;">I'm sandwiched in the middle in the backseat of my mom's car. My brother Camden is on my left and my 5 year old brother Chris is on my right.
Did mom bring my headphones? I like to tune out the world when we're stuck on a long drive.
[[They're right here]]
[[Uh oh. No.]]
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/headphones.jpg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:400px;height:500px;">She yells at my big brother, Camden, to stop trying to scare me.
I laugh nervously, unsure of whether or not he was making up stories.
I'm definitely going to ask my mom in the car about all this.
Before I have the chance to ask my brother if he was lying, my mom yells that it's [[time to go]].
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/van.jpg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:400px;height:500px;">Oh thank goodness. I think I would have had a total meltdown if I didn't have them.
Being smooshed between my brothers is too much for me, sometimes. Chris likes to shove his stuffed penguin in my face all the time and Camden likes to tickle me and tease me to upset me.
We all go crazy in the car on these long drives.
Mom says it's going to take about 2 hours to get there but it passes quickly since I can shut the world out when I need to.
A boy wearing a yellow vest shows us where to park when we get there.
I'm so excited [[I HAVE TO PEE]] and jump around in my seat.
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/potty.jpg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:400px;height:500px;">Yikes. My mom's already driving on the highway when I realize my headphones are at home.
I get upset and jump around in my seat a little, close to crying.
I need those headphones. They shut the world out when I need them and they just feel right on my head.
I yell for my mom to turn around and get them for me.
I NEED THEM.
I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
I NEED THEM!
My mom [[pulls the car over]] on the side of the highway.I'm yelling and swinging my arms in my seat because I'm so upset.
I don't really hear anything clearly. Just noise. It's all too much.
I
just
want
my
headphones
I JUST WANT MY HEADPHONES.
My mom is suddenly next to me where Cam usually sits. I feel her arms slip around me and she shushes in my ear.
She offers me two choices as I calm down. She says we can go home for the headphones but if we go home, we're staying home. That she's worried that I can't handle the day if I can't handle not having my headphones.
I'm really upset about the idea of missing out on the whole day.
I hear Cam yell from where he moved to in the front seat. He's super mad that we might miss everything.
I slump down and tell my mom I'll go without my headphones.
She gives me her phone to play with as a distraction.
I'm still shaking my head a little and whirling my fingers but I'm feeling better.
This trip better [[go quick.]]Chris starts jumping up and down next to me in the parking lot that he has to pee, too.
Mom tells us we'll get to the bathroom once we've gotten into the park.
I was so busy playing with Chris and Cam in the car that I forgot to get a map of the park!
I shove in front of my mom at the ticket window and loudly tell them we need a map for me. The girl laughs and hands one to me.
After we get our tickets and go potty I sit down on a bench and look closely at the map.
"Mom did we bring our swimsuits so we can go to the waterpark?"
[[Yup!]]
[[No I'm sorry we didn't!]]Because I got so upset at the beginning of the trip, I fell asleep not long after we got on the road again.
I was glad to wake up and see the signs on the highway that said we were close.
I cheered up and asked my mom if I could look at the map of the park on her phone before we get there.
Cam asks me what is the rush and I tell him I need to gameplan.
What should we do next?
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OH YEAHHHHH MOM GIMME MY SWIMSUIT, I WANNA GO ON THE WATER SLIDE RIGHT NOW!
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My brothers are almost as excited as me.
I jump around in the bathroom as we change. The entrance to the waterpark is just inside the main entrance to the park.
After we change I start telling my mom all about how there's 4 water slides, 17 water attractions, the lazy river is 259 feet long and how the park opened in 1989.
I'm pretty sure she's listening. How is this not super interesting?
Chris wants to go on the [[Lego Batman waterslide]] and Cam wants to go on the [[Angel Falls water slide]]. It's the highest in the park.
Mom asks me what I want to do."We didn't bring your swimsuits because it would have been a pain to have a bag of wet clothes and towels and all that nonsense!"
I sit down and cover my ears while rocking on the ground.
It's suddenly so loud out and the sun is so bright.
I shove my face between my knees.
My moms phone slides under my bent legs with a photo of the roller coaster on the screen.
I feel her rubbing my back and it feels nice.
I rub my shirt on my eyes and ask if we can go on the [[roller coaster]].
We do my "cranky countdown" and I feel ready to go play.I happily announce that we're going on the Scourge of the Seven Seas rollercoaster first.
I tell my mom that it has 7 twists and turns and that the cars look like little pirate ships.
I'm pretty sure she heard me.
As soon as we're parked and in the park, I run for the line to the [[coaster]]. It's just inside the park entrance. The one loop goes over the ticket building!
My mom catches up to me bunny hopping around at the end of the line.
She pulls me back and tells me I might not be tall enough. She's also worried that it might scare me too much.
She offers to have me sit down and watch it go on a few runs before deciding if I want to go on.
[[I don't want to wait!]]I figure we should start small with some fun rides like the bumper cars and the big swinging pirate ship before getting on a roller coaster.
We ride some fun rides all together for about an hour before Mom stops us for lunch and a bathroom break.
Then she offers if we want to change into our swimmers and go to the water park or if I'm ready to go on a <a data-passage="roller coaster" class="link-internal link-image">
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I promise Chris that I'll go on this waterslide with him if he'll go down the Crazy Bendy Tunnel with me. He grabs my hand instead of answering and tugs me to the line for the Batman slide.
I ask my mom to give me the map for the waterpark so we can look at our next option after the Crazy Bendy Tunnel.
Cam points out that there's a water gun thing over in the one corner of the water park.
I tell Chris I'm gonna get him when we go play it.
My mom says there's also a water balloon fight [[trampoline]] thing.
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"Water slide!" I jump and yell at the same time.
Cam agrees to go with me and Mom takes Chris to the Batman slide.
Maybe we'll go on that next.
(maybe try to insert video or gif of kid splashing down a slide)
This was INSANE.
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"MOM I DON'T WANT TO JUST WATCH IT I WANT TO GO ON!!"
My brothers are laughing at how excited I am.
Cam agreed to take me on the roller coaster while Mom takes Chris on the bumper cars nearby. She makes us both promise to meet at the exit for the ride.
I only half heard her because I was so excited to go on [[THE SHREDDER]] first.
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/coaster2.jpg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:400px;height:500px;">As I get closer to the entrance for the coaster, I'm suddenly nervous. It whooshes by and I stop dead.
Chris puts his hands on my shoulders and asks me if I need to sit down.
I shake my head and count how many people are [[in line]].There's 37 people in front of us.
I ask Chris if we can just sneak into the water park anyway.
"Think Mom will notice?"
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"Duh, dummy. She'd go nuts."
"Hmm. ok."
And we [[sit in line]]
And we [[sit in line]]
And we [[sit in line]]
Until finally it's our turn!
I get up in the loading dock.
This one is upside down.
The girl helps to lock me in.
Cam checks in with me about a hundred times if I'm really ok to do this.
I'm secretly scared but I gotta do this!
I look around and try to count the twists and turns. I only see 2 from this angle.
I screech as the coaster starts to go backwards.
Someone else yells what I'm thinking:
"WHY IS THIS GOING BACKWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
I was going backwards to get launched [[forward]]!Maybe we go again once but we need to check out the rest of the waterpark, too!
Did Mom just say [[trampoline]]?? Yay!The lazy river was so warm and slow that I almost fell asleep in the donut I was floating in.
That is, until Chris and Cam tried to play bumper donuts with me!
Mom laughed as she floated by.
I think we need to go on more rides.
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We go on a few more water slides and stop for a snack before heading for the trampoline.
I tell Cam I'm going to hog all the blue balloons. Blue is my favorite!
We end up just grabbing any balloon we can and have so much fun throwing them at each other while jumping as high as possible.
They only give us a basket of balloons each so we go on the trampoline a few times.
Mom grabs us after the 4th time and tells us we have time for 2 more things before it's time to go home.
I get upset because I was having so much fun that I don't want to just leave!
I cover my ears and sit down.
Chris does his funny slide under me thing and it cheers me up.
We decide to go on the [[obastacle course]] as our last thing before we go.This obstacle course is crowded.
So many kids.
It's loud.
And they just turned on the big white lights around the park since it's getting dark.
I hope I don't get scared [[in here]].This is incredible and scary at the same time.
I reach around the bars holding me in and cover my eyes, just feeling the wind. I feel Cam's hand brush my arm, checking on me.
I pull my hands off as we whoosh around another turn.
I throw my arms up and scream in happiness.
"ILOVETHISIT'SNOTSCARYATALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL"
Cam of course didn't hear anything I screeched.
After it's over, I zoom my hands around in the air like the coaster as we walk to the exit.
Mom looks so worried.
"Mom it was great! Can we [[go on again]]?She laughs and asks me how I'm going to ride all the rides if I keep going on the roller coaster.
We sit down and figure out where to go next.
I think we should go on the [[swings]] or check out the [[arcade]].These swings look like they go really high.
I flag my arms a little as we walk to the ride.
Mom rubs my hair the way she always does and it distracts me enough to stop.
The swings were great! After that we made a circle around the park.
Bumper cars, obstacle course, huge hide and seek thing and oh
OH YEAH!
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<font size="6">MOM PLEASE TELL US OUR TICKETS INCLUDE LASER TAG!</font>Chris gets all excited when I ask to go to the arcade.
Mom reads the paper that our tickets were on and tells us that the arcade isn't included in the tickets and it's not really an option.
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But the bad news is that this has to be our last thing we go on because it's getting late and we have a long ride home.
It's been such a great day.
[[I'm so tired]] after the laser tag fun. I nailed Chris and Cam so many times.I fall asleep in the car almost right away. Pretty sure Camden and Chris do, too.
I woke up as Mom parks the car in the garage.
This was such a great day.
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/sleep.jpg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:400px;height:400px;">I get about half way through before it's just too much.
I find a corner of the jungle gym thing and smoosh myself into a corner.
I sit down and pull my legs up to my face.
I feel the kids running past me.
They're yelling.
It's really bright in here.
Everything blurs together.
I cry until a hand [[touches my shoulder]].
<img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/blurry.jpg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:400px;height:500px;">"Hey! You ok, buddy?"
I only half hear it but then it gets repeated.
I sniff hard and look up. A big kid wearing a collared shirt and name badge that says "AUTUMN" on it was talking to me. <img src="https://liathano.neocities.org/3rdProject/autumn.jpg" alt="Poptarts" align= "center" style="width:150px;height:100px;">
"You stuck? Let's get you out of here!"
I won't hold her hand she put out to me but I get up and follow her.
Outside, my mom runs up to me. Chris and Cam are with her.
Everyone starts [[talking at once]].I shake my arms at my sides and everyone stops talking.
momimfine
I mumble.
Mom takes a deep breath and tells us we need to go home after all that.
It's late now and we've all had a long day.
I'm sad that I couldn't finish the obstacle course but [[I'm so tired]] and don't care.We go on this beast called THE SHREDDER.
I need to work on this one.
[[go on again]]