I’m feeling kind out of it today. I had a really hard time concentrating at work. I would catch myself just staring out into nothingness. Do you ever do that? No – just me? Yeah, I am still in the weekend zone. And how could I not be? I had such a great weekend and I’m not 100% ready to admit that it’s over.
Friday night we watched a gazillion episodes of Breaking Bad. 
We’re still behind – but almost into Season 3. I just want to give Jesse a big freaking hug. 
{Aaron Paul needs to have kids stat — too adorable}
Saturday morning I was supposed to get up and run. I had my stuff all laid out. My iPod was charged. And…I apparently turned my alarm off at some point during the night. FAIL.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to work out – the kids had an 8am swim lesson, followed by L’s ballet/tap class. Then we were off…
Legoland Florida was calling our name!
This trip was partially a birthday present and partially a reward for good behavior for B. He loved it. I can’t say that it was my favorite theme park, but it did have some good moments. We got there around 1 and spent about 5-6 hours there. It was enough for me.
For starters, it was hot. I know, I too was shocked that it was hot and humid at a theme park in the middle of JULY. Seriously guys – what were we thinking? I guess I thought more of the park/rides would be covered — but nope. They were mostly out in the open.
Another disappointment for me was the height range on the rides. While B could go on almost every ride (the park is perfect for kids ages 6-12), L was too short for the majority of them (she’s 37 inches – the requirement for many rides was 40). She spent a lot of time hanging on the sidelines, which is too bad because she is my dare devil child.
It wasn’t all bad though – and I would go bad (and we will definitely visit their water park!). There were a few pluses:
1. The food was very reasonably priced and they had a lot of healthy options. This is rare for a theme park. Guess it made up for those ticket prices!
2. There were Lego stations (and hand sanitizer) at most of the lines and restaurants. At least L had fun while she was hanging out.
3. Miniland was AMAZING. There were over 30 million Legos that took over 2 years to build. I could have spent hours checking out all of the details. The kids were mesmerized too.
The kids give it a little bit of perspective!
How many of those places can you name??
Oh – before we left we tried a new (to us) treat — Apple Fries.
In theory, they were a good idea, but they lacked some sweetness and just made me really hungry for some apple pie.
After the long trek home and dinner at Sweet Tomatoes we decided that we are not cut out to do a Disney Vacation of any sorts. We were exhausted!
So, I did what any exhausted, sane person would do — I set the alarm AGAIN for 5:45 so I could wake up and run. And I actually got up! I put on my running gear and I was “this close” to putting on my sneakers – when the hubby got an emergency work call. DOH! Another FAIL. At least there was effort! Instead I killed my sense of smell and probably a few brain cells by cleaning my bathroom (and rest of my house, but the bathroom was the worst) and then later hit up spin class at the gym.
(dedicated to Melissa)
So, I had a run-free weekend. I don’t recommend it.
One thing I do recommend, however, is inviting your family and close friends to celebrate your 6-year old.
There was pizza, Carvel ice cream cake, cupcakes, sangria, and an electric guitar (which B inherited. Anyone want to start a band?).
Perfect way to end the weekend! Now that reality has hit, however, I’m looking forward to getting in some mileage this week. I miss running!!
Can you play an instrument? I play piano — and I use the term “play” loosely.
We are so used to watching all our shows on Netflix a year after they are on tv (True Blood, Dexter, etc) that it never really occurred to us that we get the channel that Breaking Bad is on and we don’t have to be a season behind! So we spent half the weekend watching Season 4 so hopefully we’ll be able to watch Season 5 in real time after a week or two.
Ha! That was like Mad Men for us. So weird being able to watch it in real time, right? We are DVRing season 5 – we’ll probably catch up in a few weeks!
We are watching season 4 now and DVRing #5. I can really only handle 1 episode per night though during the week…it’s too stressful for me to watch more with all that drama!
I had no idea that miniland was at Legoland-I’d make a trip just for that!
I wish I knew how to play piano…instead I played flute…
See – I need to watch several episodes at a time! We got to the Season 2 finale last night and had to quit because we figured that would lead us to watching 4 more hours. Ha ha.
I wish I had learned something like the flute though! You could still be in my band – and also direct it 🙂
Why do you have to declare that my man need babies like that? Not cool. I’m keeping him baby free in my dreams. The dreams in which he is wearing no clothes.
Just cuz he has babies doesn’t mean he can’t be naked in your dreams. We need to compromise on this 🙂
Welcome to the Breaking Bad family. I just want to scoop Jesse Pinkman up and protect him forever and ever. We’ve done the big catch up, too. We JUST missed Season 4 last year before they pulled it off On Demand, so it was a torturous wait until we could watch it. But we watched the entire season in just over a week I think, including the final four episodes the night before Fourth of July (in other words, July 3). It’s pretty much the best damn show ever. We watched the Season 5 premiere in real time and it was odd to have to contend with commercials. If either of us had any patience, we would have waited a day, or even 20 minutes to start it. But we have none. And it didn’t disappoint. I was also very tired of trying to avoid spoilers. The Grantland recaps are amazing. When you get all caught up, you should go back and read them. So good.
Love all the Legoland pics. We have tickets that we bought at a silent auction but I think we’re going to wait until the fall to use them. I’m surprised to hear L was too short for most things. I thought it was more geared to the little ones than other parks. E. is 43 inches, so she should be good for most rides, right? She’s also a daredevil. She’ll DIE over the Lego R2 and Vader!!
Lego Land looks awesome!