And We're Back
We're back from our mini-vacation to London and we had a wonderful time. I just didn't expect that a vacation of any length would go smoothly with a 4-year old and a 10-month old but it did. Everything was perfect.
We went to Storybook Gardens yesterday. There were animals to see, a ferris wheel, playgrounds, shows and a big splash pad. Darcy loved the ferris wheel the most but enjoyed the whole thing. She had a bit of a scare in the splash pad though. Nick and Wesley had gone for a walk while I took Darcy to the splash pad. It was pretty big and she was running all over the place. There were parents everywhere and I tried to stay close enough so that she could easily see me at any time and so that I could see her more easily (although her blue hat helped with that). At one point she got a little turned around and I was on the opposite side of the pad and she couldn't see me. I could tell that she was starting to cry and get scared that she didn't know where I was. I started running around the edge to get to her but with all the other parents and strollers and all that I couldn't get there as quickly as I wanted or she needed. By the time I got there she was totally freaked out. She wanted to leave the splash pad then so we got her dried off and back into her clothes. She was still pretty scared but another trip to the ferris wheel got that taken care of in a hurry. My only concern with Storybook Gardens is that there was nothing for Wesley to do so he got a little frustrated being stuck in his stroller that long. Nick let him crawl around in the grass while Darcy and I were waiting for the ferris wheel.
We really liked our hotel too. We got a suite for a really reasonable rate which allowed us to get the kids to bed at their normal time and still be able to stay up a while ourselves. Perfect. Darcy loved the hotel pool, Wesley hated it. He screamed the whole time we were down there last night. He may look exactly like his Daddy but he seems to have some of Mommy in him after all!
Wesley has never slept well when he's been anywhere other than at home so that was our big concern last night, but he did great! He slept through the night and only woke up about 15 minutes earlier than usual this morning. We were so pleased.
We had a great breakfast at the hotel and then we were off to the Children's Museum which was fantastic. It was a completely hands-on museum geared to children (as the name suggests) and they both had a blast there. There were lots of places for Wesley to crawl around and climb and he loved every minute of it. Just as we were getting ready to leave there was an announcement that a Canadian Paralympic athlete, David Willsie was going to be speaking to the kids so we went to have a listen. There weren't a lot of kids there so we really got to interact with him and ask a lot of questions. It was very cool. Darcy got to try his rugby wheelchair (it was pretty new and it looked 100 years old because it takes such a beating) and wear his silver medal from the Athens Paralympics. Very cool. He was really interesting to listen to so we're going to have to watch some rugby to see if we can see him.
We brought two very tired kids home today (not to mention their parents!). Wesley perked right up when we got home though and barely stopped giggling until we put him in bed. He clearly recognizes his surroundings and was glad to be home. Darcy cried when we were leaving the museum because she didn't want her "adventure" to be over. I guess life with us isn't exciting enough for her anymore.
I'll have the pictures up on flickr soon!
We went to Storybook Gardens yesterday. There were animals to see, a ferris wheel, playgrounds, shows and a big splash pad. Darcy loved the ferris wheel the most but enjoyed the whole thing. She had a bit of a scare in the splash pad though. Nick and Wesley had gone for a walk while I took Darcy to the splash pad. It was pretty big and she was running all over the place. There were parents everywhere and I tried to stay close enough so that she could easily see me at any time and so that I could see her more easily (although her blue hat helped with that). At one point she got a little turned around and I was on the opposite side of the pad and she couldn't see me. I could tell that she was starting to cry and get scared that she didn't know where I was. I started running around the edge to get to her but with all the other parents and strollers and all that I couldn't get there as quickly as I wanted or she needed. By the time I got there she was totally freaked out. She wanted to leave the splash pad then so we got her dried off and back into her clothes. She was still pretty scared but another trip to the ferris wheel got that taken care of in a hurry. My only concern with Storybook Gardens is that there was nothing for Wesley to do so he got a little frustrated being stuck in his stroller that long. Nick let him crawl around in the grass while Darcy and I were waiting for the ferris wheel.
We really liked our hotel too. We got a suite for a really reasonable rate which allowed us to get the kids to bed at their normal time and still be able to stay up a while ourselves. Perfect. Darcy loved the hotel pool, Wesley hated it. He screamed the whole time we were down there last night. He may look exactly like his Daddy but he seems to have some of Mommy in him after all!
Wesley has never slept well when he's been anywhere other than at home so that was our big concern last night, but he did great! He slept through the night and only woke up about 15 minutes earlier than usual this morning. We were so pleased.
We had a great breakfast at the hotel and then we were off to the Children's Museum which was fantastic. It was a completely hands-on museum geared to children (as the name suggests) and they both had a blast there. There were lots of places for Wesley to crawl around and climb and he loved every minute of it. Just as we were getting ready to leave there was an announcement that a Canadian Paralympic athlete, David Willsie was going to be speaking to the kids so we went to have a listen. There weren't a lot of kids there so we really got to interact with him and ask a lot of questions. It was very cool. Darcy got to try his rugby wheelchair (it was pretty new and it looked 100 years old because it takes such a beating) and wear his silver medal from the Athens Paralympics. Very cool. He was really interesting to listen to so we're going to have to watch some rugby to see if we can see him.
We brought two very tired kids home today (not to mention their parents!). Wesley perked right up when we got home though and barely stopped giggling until we put him in bed. He clearly recognizes his surroundings and was glad to be home. Darcy cried when we were leaving the museum because she didn't want her "adventure" to be over. I guess life with us isn't exciting enough for her anymore.
I'll have the pictures up on flickr soon!
posted by Sue Matthews at 9:08 PM
2 Comments:
Sounds like a great time. Glad it went well.
Great pictures!
Love the pictures - especially the ones of Darcy working the McD's window - priceless!
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