Make New Friends and Keep the Old!

The Famous Banyan Tree

On January 31st, we got a unique group of homeschooling friends together to go to Legoland as an official school group (school rates are greatly discounted).  We did this to have fun, celebrate Titus' birthday week, and finally meet - in person - our homeschooling friends from out of town.

In total, we had 19 children and 8 adults and what an awesome day we had!  All the kids (and adults) had a great time together.  The weather was perfect and being a Thursday, the park was sparsely populated. A perfect environment to experience LegoLand.

The boys wanted to go straight back to the "Driving School" but we were side tracked along the way.  First, we stopped at the carousel for a ride.  Then the Dino Rollercoaster, which I road with Titus while Amber made friends.  On the coaster, Titus and I were in the front seat and he did not ask to ride it again. LOL

Just before the "Driving School" are the boats and there we tried out the boys' boat driving skills.  The boats are free floating and there was, on occasion, boats going backwards, turning in circles and also going in the out, but we all made it back to shore with smiles on our faces.

Finally, we made it to the "Driving School" where the boys drove the cars again and again, giving us parents plenty of time to kabitz.  In fact we were talking so much, I forgot to take pictures!

After lunch, about half of us went to the ski show and the other half stayed to finish lunch.  Titus who was with us at first, somehow became lost but made it back to the restaurant to rejoin the group there.  Thankfully with modern technology where communication is quick, our friends told us they had Titus and Chris ran to fetch him. We were also thankful for friends that were happy to swap kids based on interests throughout the day.  After the ski show, Amber really wanted to walk through the old Cypress Gardens so we fell away from the group and I let her explore.  She spent a long time talking to the Cypress knees.

While we did that, the boys played the "Lumberjack" game/ride.  Amazingly, Jared pulled both him and Titus all the way up.

The kids ran around all day enjoying a variety of rides and shows.  For Titus the highlight of the day was being able to ride the horses this time; last year he was too young and very disappointed.

For me, it was hanging out and getting acquainted/reacquainted with old and new friends.  Can't remember when everyone had so many friends to hang out, play and talk with at one time!  It was a fun and beautiful day!