Legoland with Friends

Legoland with Friends, originally uploaded by islandj.

Yesterday was a full and fun day - Legoland was generous with free guest passes, and Mel and the boys came down for a spontaneous day at the park with us. The kids loved to run around and watch the shows, play in the water park (they were all, at one point, completely soaked), ride rides, and obsess about lego. It was a total treat for me to have an adult with which to run around and make silly comments during shows, stay as dry as possible, ride rides and talk mum stuff. Perfect.

And after a very brief stop at home to change and gather pasta salad together, we went to another friends house for a quick swim (and that's another moment of, ah, my life is just too much goodness - both big kids have taken to the water like they never were out of it this year - such a huge change from last year!) and dinner together. These friends have to small boys, and all the kids - girls included - get on their swords and belts and hats and piratey/viking/warrior faces and go to town. What a blast. And just before bedtime (still a lovely 7:15-7:30 for us), they pulled out a perfect little fire pit and we roasted marshmallows and made s'mores! Heavenly for all the non-daddy Hansen's! What's more (yes, there's more), we ended up staying until 9, as the kids were having such pleasant fun and the adults were talking away... and you'll just have to wait to hear how they managed themselves today!