Paul towing it behind the motorhome. We had to go through some pretty
high temps and some pretty big hills. Paul didn't want to stress the
engine on the motorhome that much. Reed, Blake & I were much cooler
in the car than the others were in the motorhome anyway!
My sister-in-law, Diane, and her family met us over at Paul's parents
house and we ordered some pizza for dinner. We spent the evening
unloading and the camper and visiting. It was nice to see everyone
again!
Tuesday we mostly hung out at my in-law's home. Paul changed oil on
the motorhome and a few other things and I did load, after load, after
load of laundry. How exciting! The kids finally got to play on the
computer and with Grandpa. Diane and family came over again so the
kids got to play with their cousins again. They look forward to that
so much!
Wednesday we headed toward Legoland. We didn't take the motorhome
this time. We made a couple of stops along the way to visit some
friends.
Our first stop was to visit Virginia, our friend Rob's mom. We had a
nice lunch with her at her house but our kids were not very well
behaved at all! I hope she was as understanding as she seemed! She's
a very nice lady and we enjoyed visiting with her.
Our second visit was with the Rickerls, the parents of Paul's friend,
Mark, that he's known for decades (hehe)! They are very nice people!
They ALWAYS send the kids and us homemade cards for birthdays and
pretty much all holidays! The kids love getting those in the mail!
The kids were much better behaved during this visit. We told them
that if they weren't that we would skip Legoland and go back to
Grandma & Grandpa's! Of course, the Rickerls spoiled them with
cookies, ice cream and snacks for the road. We had a great visit with
them too!
After all our visiting we headed to Carlsbad, where Legoland is, and
checked into our hotel. The kids immediately changed into their
swimsuits and we headed down to the pool. They really needed to burn
off some energy after sitting in the car for about 3 hours and
visiting with grown-ups! They swam until Paul got back with some
dinner. The kids had Mcdonalds and Taco Bell and we had PF Changs.
Mmmm, was it good! We got to bed early so we'd be ready for a full
day at Legoland.
We got to Legoland about 10:30am and stayed until 7:00pm. We were
exhausted! The kids had a great time! Most of the rides, I would say,
are geared for kids under 10. Chase & Reed would have liked to see
some bigger roller coasters and stuff but they still liked it. Blake &
Taylor had a really good time. They could ride some rides by
themselves and most rides with an adult.
I think everyones favorite was Miniland USA. They have Lego models
built of some major us cities and many other things too. I think the
coolest were the New York skyline and Las Vegas. Even Blake & Taylor
liked the models because some were interactive. They could push
buttons and trains would move, dogs would bark, cows would moo and a
helicopter would spin it's blades. I had a hard time dragging Blake
away from those!
The food at the park was completely outrageous! It was $7.75 for a
hot dog, chips and drink. I didn't remember it being that expensive
when we were there 3 years ago. We made 2 hot dogs stretch enough for
the whole family and then had a nice dinner at Marie Calenders
afterward. We don't mind paying a little extra for the convenience
but that was ridiculous!
The park really is set up nice. They have lots of shade around and a
few little playground type of areas for the kids to play. It was busy
but the lines weren't too long. Some of the smaller rides had no
waiting! They even have a small water play area for those who don't
want to go into the new water park. The water park just opened this
month so it was quite busy. We skipped that part. We made it to a
part of the park that we missed last time. We must have been too
tired to make it through the whole park when we visited 3 years ago.
It was better this year in the sense that Blake & Tayloe were more
mobile and taller! It was more fun for all of us!
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