Fear and Joy in an indoor waterpark

The life of a two year old boy can be pretty crazy. Don't let me be the one to analyze, but how in the world do you go from sheer terror to pure joy in a matter of minutes? Great Wolf Lodge has opened a new indoor waterpark in Scotrun PA in the Poconos and we were lucky enough to go last week with 10 million other lucky parents and their screaming offspring. Really it isn't that bad, but quiet and relaxing it is not. My son was very excited to go until it was time to put on his bathing suit and then it was time to go home. An hour of crying and asking to go home led to a more sedate walk thru the waterpark in Dad's arms. Maybe he would have a good time after all. Well, that was enough for one day. Day two - excitement until the bathing suit went on. More screaming and wanting to go home. Of course, we paid so we were going to stay. How traumatized could he get? Well, I don't know what happened - I passed him off to my wife after an hour or so. Next thing I know he is jumping up and down and splashing and having the time of his life. We even went down the waterslides and loved it. My wife doesn't have an answer - she didn't do anything but hold him - he just finally decided he had seen enough and needed to be part of the action. If only the rest of us could lose our inhibitions so easily.