"I No Like It"

On Friday, a friend Courtney, and her son Ben, and Isaac and I went to the waterpark in Duluth for toddler time. The waterpark is at a local hotel, and Monday through Friday, a parent and toddler can use the park for $12 from 8-noon. We loaded up our stuff and headed down there. Our first sign that things might not go so well was a sign at the entrance welcoming two local middle schools to a day at the waterpark. While we paid, the boys seemed to being having fun while they looked down at the park from a big glass window. When we got down to the park and walked in the doors, the noise (lots of kids, sounds of water splashing, an "erupting" volcano sound, and radio over a sound system) was pretty incredible. Immediately Isaac started crying, make that screaming, saying "I no like it" over and over again. Well, being the good mother that I am, I forced his clothes off and put his suit on. I'm thinking Ben wasn't having a good time either, as Courtney didn't have to use her arms to carry Ben--he looked like a monkey stuck to its mother. We suffered through a half an hour before realizing this was not going to get any better. I was putting Issac's jacket on him, when the waterpark's mascot, Tiki Tom, was walking around. Isaac looks at him, totally mesmerized, and starts waving. Keep in mind this is the kid who, six months ago, screamed at the sight of Clifford the Big Red Dog. Tiki Tom walks over to him and gives Isaac a high five. The mascot walks away and Isaac keeps standing there, waving, totally in a trance. Unbelievable. Here's a short video of Isaac this morning telling us "I no like it" and it was "too loud".