Anyway, here is Amber taking up the entire queensize bed ... another Jade I guess, Dave myself and Amber slept in one queensize bed while Jade had the other queensize bed all to herself, it wasn't planned that way but that's how it turned out.
Ok LegoLand, yet another amazing place that we didn't get to see completely coz we ran out of time, I need two weeks in San Diego and I would be happy :-) Can't believe we were there 5 1/2 days and we visited 4 theme parks, it really was as crazy as Disney, you need more time to enjoy it and relax inbetween.
One of the rides Jade went on was a lego car ride, it was really cool as the roads were set up with stop streets etc. just like a real road and the kids did great, there is a video of Jade, look how well she did, I guess her Barbie Jeep riding helped big time too :-) The kids get a driving lisence when they 'pass' their driving test. Very cute.
Here she is with a Lego Character, there are a few of them throughout the park but there is always a line for a picture with them so it was more important for us to make it to as many other attractions as possible.
This was a cool coaster which luckily even I got to ride later in the day, thanks Dave, you eventually caught the hint !!!
Here are just some pics of a few of the lego items throughout the park. This dragon was outside The Claw ride which was the only ride that scared Jade enough not to want to go out, and it was a ride that turned which Dave hates so I think he was happy to pass on that one.
There was an area you walked through that was build up like a city with houses along the walkway, here is just one of the windows.
Yep this is a lifesize car built with lego, is that not amazing ?
Wow and then there was a splash area which was fantastic, almost made me want to go play in it, there were thousands and thousands of kids and parents in this area and the scary part was there was no way you could keep track of your child, thank God before Jade left us, we told her where we would be sitting and that she must not panic if she cannot see us at a glance and just to come back to that area and that is exactly what happened, thank God. These places scare me a little, thank Heavens Jade is a responsible kid and is very aware of stranger danger and how to scream if she in any way feels threatened. But still it's all very scary.
Then we took a walk through the Lego Factory and how lego boxes get filled by machines, it's amazing how they say there are never errors, it's hard to believe but apparently true. Look at this picture carefully, it is not candy, it looks like a candy store right, but it was rows and rows of lego pieces and you could put together a packet of lego to take home.
This was just a slow ride through a lego jungle kind of thing you could take, we didn't do it but it looked kinda cool.
Ok there are a bunch of these pics and Karen they are all for you, this is Miniland, it is so much lego all built up to look like areas around the country, it was amazing, you know how much work this must have been, we have been to something similar in San Fransisco but this was so much more. I actually sat there and fed Amber just looking at everything the detail was mind blowing. It had moving pieces too, cars that drove, sounds, did I say amazing ???
Ok I know that was a lot ... sorry but it all just amazed me. Below is a video of a water ride which was actually fun for me and I wasn't on it, what you can't see too clearly is to the right of the spinning thing there are like water canons which I got to shoot off and wet them, I really laughed so much :-) Great fun.
Jade and I on a boring spinning ride which obviously Dave passed on (hehehe) but golly did we spin fast, way faster than I thought, I had to concentrate on getting out without killing myself I was so dizzy.
Jade with some princess in the park.
Outside the Big Lego Store, wow ... now having said that, this week I am off to Concorde Mills and they have just opened a Lego Store so we will see, maybe it's bigger than this store we will see. Karen I don't think the prices were cheaper than the stores though, or I don't think so and they were very low in Star Wars stuff, obviously that is their biggest seller.
And so that was the end of our trip. One last pic I wanted to add was, on our way we got delayed an hour on the runway in Texas with no air, it was disgustingly hot and very irritating as I had Ambers trip sorted out in my head but oh well what can you do right ? Anyway Jade and Dave walked to the front of the plane coz Jade needed the restroom and while they were waiting in line the Captain or Pilot started talking to Jade, apparently he also has a 6 year old. He invited her into the cockpit and even had her sit in his seat with his hat on, how cool was that, I am so glad Dave got this shot, it was the cherry on the cake to an already great trip.
So goodbye San Diego, we will be back, that is for sure, we now understand why so many South Africans chose to move there, my brother would absolutely love it, that is for sure !!! I wouldn't want to live there though, I love Charlotte, it is so green and lush but it's boring in comparison to San Diego, what a great tourist destination. I miss the beach and would love to be closer to the beach and well the weather is great there but I am now used to the hot Summers and Cold Winters which don't even seem that cold anymore to me, so what else is there, ok it's closer to Vegas that would be a reason to move there (hehehe), gosh but it's so expensive there and we could never have the house we have now in San Diego, and well long flights back to SA ... nope I think I will stick with Charlotte :-)
Thanks again Tania for everything.
Oh and by the way my spell check is not working again so there will be lots of errors over all my updates today, but hey it took me long enough to do all this I am not rereading it all.
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