While Mikey and Angela went to Paris to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary, we took care of the kids. Almost 5 year old Charlee and 17 month old Drew. After a couple of days of showing them around Mermaid Quay and Cardiff, we surprised them with a trip to Legoland. I don’t think Drew really fully understood what it was all about, but Charlee was so excited. And even more so when she found out we were staying at the park in the Castle Hotel, in the Wizards Room. It had a bin full of legos, and a lego wall for them to create whatever their imaginations allowed.

I remember when Angela was Charlee’s age and my mother took us to Disneyland. I thought about that as I held her hand and we walked through the park together. Like she did with her Grandma Honey all those years ago. We watched a couple of stage shows, including a Repunzal puppet show. It was an interactive one, and Charlee clapped, and yelled and danced to the music. The prince was dressed in a leather jacket and called The Fonz. I laughed out loud at that one.

There were some limitations on the rides she could go on, but the ones she did, she really enjoyed. She drove a lego car and got her drivers license, did the Storybook one and saw all of the lego characters. The big guy went on the merry go round with her, and several others. Poor Drew only went on 2 of them….the train and the sky ride, but it really didn’t seem to bother him. As long as he is fed, he is a happy camper.

It was a special time, especially for the big guy. Living in the UK these past few years, he is so limited on the amount of time he has spent with them. So, these past 7 days have been really important.

As we left yesterday, Charlee told us Thank you, and exclaimed, “this was the coolest!” How much more can my heart swell!