Leo the Brave

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   "Leo," Mama whispers. I roll away from here and cover my head with a pillow. 

   "No!" I declare. Mama sighs.

   "Well, if you don't wake up we can't go to Six Flags!" Mama says getting up to leave. I gasp, I almost forgot about the coasters! Me and mama are spending two days there! The first day we ride the roller coasters, the second we go to the water park! 

   "Mama I awake!" I say sitting up and hopping out of bed. Mama takes me to my nursery to change me. Today I be a big boy and wear my white training pants!

   "Do you know what you wanna wear? Remember, its gonna be hot," Mama says. I look into my closet and see all my options. I pull out my vibrant dino onesie! 

   "This! And my jean shorts!" I say excitedly. I show Mama the shorts and she helps me get dressed. 

   "Do you want to put a paci in your backpack?" Mama asks. 

   "Of course!" I say with a giggle. I pick out my sparkely teal paci then put it in my dino stuffie bag.

   "Make sure you have your baby sunscreen and your water bottle," Mama says

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   "Make sure you have your baby sunscreen and your water bottle," Mama says. I take my last bite of breakfast and then get my stuff.

   "Mommy's coming to the splash park!" I say excitedly.

   "Yep! She's gonna meet us there! And we'll pick up Lily before we hit the road," Mama says. I go get my green converse on and I get one of them tied!

   "Such a big boy!" Mama says tying my other shoe. We get in the car and head to Lily and Carter's house. When we get there her and Carter are playing with sidewalk chalk! 

   "Mama I want chalk!" I say before jumping out of the car to greet my friends.

   "Hi guys!" I say hugging them both. 

   "Hi Leo!" They both say. Lily gasps then runs in the house. I look at Carter and they giggle.

   "She always forgets something!" They say. I play with Carter while Mama talks to daddy Jeremiah. I draw a dino while Carter plays hopscotch. 

   "I back!" Lily says coming out the front door.

   "What did you forget?" I ask her. She turns around and shows me her bunny backpack! Its just like mine!

   "Hey that's mine!" Carter says hiding a smile.

   "That's why we're sisters! So we can share all our clothes and toys and things!" Lily says. She's wearing a white onesie and pink shortalls. Her backpack is super cute!

   "Okay let's get going," Mama says getting in the car. Lily and I hurry and climb into the backseat

   "Six Flags here we come!" Mama says pulling onto the freeway.  I like car rides and talking to Lily keeps me busy most of the way. We get close and soon enough we can see the rides in the distance.

   "Look! There's Six Flags!" I say pointing. 

   "We're here!" Mama shouts pulling into the parking lot. I unbuckle my seatbelt and jump out of the car. I wanna take off towards the entrance but Mama says we have to put on sun screen. She puts it on our arms, legs, face, and ears. 

   "Perfect! Now hold Mama's hand and let's ride some rides!" Mama says excitedly. We get to the gate and Mommy is waiting there for us. I run to her and give her a big hug!

   "Hi Mommy!" I say. She chuckles.

   "Hey baby boy, ready to have fun?" she asks. 

    We pay for the tickets. I'm thinking about which ride to go on first. When Mama asks me I point to the big orange one. 

   "That's the Goliath! It drops super far," Mama says. It doesn't faze us! We take off towards the roller coaster, Mama close behind me. 

   We wait in line for a little bit. I get more excited every second! Finally we're up next! I decide to sit with Lily. I hold her hand while they secure us in the seats.

   "You excited?" Lily asks. I giggle.

   "Yeah! This gonna be so much fun!" I say before the ride starts moving. We go up a big hill, Mama tells me its 235 feet up! When we get to the top I hold on tight to my lap bar.

   "Here we go!" I hear Mama shout as we go down the big hill. We go very fast and it's super fun. I can hear Mama and Mommy screaming the whole time! When we get to the end I wanna collapse onto the ground, I can barely feel my legs!

   "That was awesome!" I yell. We exit the ride and go find another one. Lily picks the next one. 

   "Batman is Daddy's favorite! I promised him I'd go on it!" she says. 

   "Are you sure? That's a big ride!" Mama says. Lily nods happily. 

   "Are you sure, babe?" Mommy says in a teasing tone. Mama laughs.

   "Oh yeah. I can take this on with my eyes closed!" she says. We get to the line and are surprised to see its not that long.  The ride is huge! Its a ride with the track above us and we sit in a chair facing the wind! There's a huge drop and two loopty loops! 

   "This ride goes 50 miles per hour!" Mommy says. My eyes go wide! That's super fast. We get in our seats. I sit next to Mama and Lily sits with Mommy. The workers check our lap bars and then we're off!

   We go up and up and up! 105 feet in the air! Then there's a big loop! I hold onto my lap bar and pretend that I'm Batman! We there's a few more corkscrews and then the ride is over. 

   "That was awesome!" I said putting my hands up.

   "WooHoo!" Lily says excitedly. We get off the ride and decide to get a snack. Mama says we can get anything we want! We wander around the food area, I know exactly what I'm looking for.

   "Whatcha gonna get, Leo?" Lily asks me. I smile big.

   "Funnel cake!" I say happily. Lily gasps. She decides to get one too! Mommy rolls her eyes.

   "Of course you would pick the messiest option here," she says. We get our funnel cakes and sit in the shade. Mine has powdered sugar and chocolate sauce. Lily got powdered sugar and chocolate sauce.

   "Leo, this the best thing ever!" Lily says excitedly.

   "Let's not tell daddy Jeremiah that you had it," Mama whispers. Lily giggles. 

   "He'll never know!" she says mischievously. After we finish eating we go on more rides! We're there until the sun goes down. 

   "Buckle up, babies!" Mama says when we get back into the car. Lily and I had a long day and we're both super sleepy. So sleepy we fall asleep on the car ride home. 

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