Carnival rides

Alex went on his first carnival rides at the county fair today. The first was the big chain swings merry go round, the big adult one with oscillations built in and high speed. Alex was barely tall enough, and as the ride took off I was on a swing in front of him and became really worried that he was going to freak out. Because I was having to work not to freak out myself...it was fast and HIGH!
Just when I was going to turn around and check on him I heard his deep little voice yell out
"Hooraaaay!!! I'm flying!!!! I'm flying!!!! I'm flying!!!!!! Cannonball!!! Cannonball! Flying!!!"
He kept that up the entire ride.
Which is a good thing, because I really wasn't sure I could soothe him very well in my own white-knuckled state.

Later on a traditional roller coaster (a junior-sized one) he was much less jubilant. Ivan said Alex was pretty sure it was going to go off the rails. (See serious expression, dark baseball cap)