A couple days late.

A bajillion pictures here. I will try to post them here on the blog with witty captions this week.

Our second day of Legoland, we scooted right to the Road to Adventure ride, a ride-through-the-dark where you follow a light story line and shoot various targets throughout the ride. Arlo got 0, I got 180, Oscar got 210, Evan got 280. (The Goose just watched, and I think she got the best of the deal.)

We went on the plane ride again, and if you look at those pictures, you can see how much Arlo loved it.

Other pictures show the Speedway where one builds cars and then races them on a derby-like speedway, The Goose and Arlo attempting and failing to drive cars, Oscar being the on-stage volunteer for a stage show.

Let me tell you, it was the best family vacation we've ever had. We are lucky enough to go to Cabo St Lucas, Seattle, and Dallas every year, but we seem to have hit the magic point where no one needs to scream during the flight. We had a great time. The only thing that will stop me from turning into a big blubberly mess is knowing that some of you will come and visit us in our tiny apartment in LA.

Evan took Oscar to a Big Kid Ride and I took the little guys to the water park. It as tiny, and I didn't bring a bathing suit, so I had to stand on the edge of the pool with my jeans rolled up and watch the Goose wallow around in the water and Arlo go again and again and again down the slide. Arlo is generally afraid of heights and I couldn't believe that he shot right to the slide the minute he got into the pool, and then proceeded to do it again and again and again, all by himself. The Middle Kid rarely does anything by himself, and he didn't stop to check with me, he didn't check with an adult to make sure it was okay, he just BROUGHT IT. That's my boy.