SCARED AT LEGOLAND
My friend and I took my son and her children to LEGOLAND this past weekend for some fun together! Sad to say, my son definitely did not have the best time. Quite the contrary, he wanted to stay in his stroller for the majority of the time because he was too scared to be close to anything. Picture by the LEGO dinosaurs, which by the way I matched his outfit to specifically for a picture? No, he cried and cried instead while saying “no, thank you.” Picture by the fire truck, which is one of his favorite things? Sure he walked to it saying “red fire truck” but he maintained two feet apart from it and cried while saying “no, thank you” when I tried to get him closer. I got him on a fire truck, but he cried the whole time. He was actually tall enough to go on a ride called Beetle Bounce. Did we ride it? No. My son had fun waiting in line while playing with his friends, however, as we watching people on the ride, he kept saying “no, thank you.” When I ignored this and tried to sit him down thinking he’ll actually enjoy the sensory experience of the ride, he screamed and cried so that I could not sit him down. Even looking at the miniland, where they created beautiful landscapes out of legos, had to take place from his stroller, because when outside of the stroller, any sound coming from the landscapes scared him. I would be lying if I didn’t admit that this frustrated me a little bit, as I wanted him to have fun. It was also out of character for him to be so scared, and he’s not able to verbalize to me why he was so scared. However, my own feelings aside, I comforted him while he was scared, but did keep trying to expose him to different things while assuring him it was okay. I’m hopeful that maybe with another visit he’ll do a little better, we’ll see. What have your experiences been at theme parks?
