more legoland...

here is Jonah and Ben riding in the bionicals ride - this one was so much fun, and a little enough queue so we could get right back on for another go until we were well and truely dizzy ... the boys had it worked out which was the fastest one to go in too :-) ...



it was a great trip, and i'm so glad we managed to get Ben there for his birthday - 12 years old!!

surprise - LEGOLAND!

we snuck in a weekend trip down to Legoland ... we weren't sure until the day if we'd be able to go ... but, it all worked out, and so i told the kids on the Friday morning that we could drive down there that afternoon - luckily they believed me even though it was the 1st of April!

waiting at the first ride of the day - a mini roller coaster ... kids loved it, but, not enough to stand in line again - we only waited 20mins, but, the line was three times as long when we got off!
Bethany and Josh drove these cars in the 'driving school' ... it was heaps of fun, fun enough to do again a couple of times the next day ...
the giraffes are on the wall outside the duplo building area ... so many duplo blocks Josh was so excited he couldn't stop to build!!
Overlooking part of mini lego land ... right at the back you can see some rides up on the hill, and on the water is a boat which Bethany, Josh and I rode in for a look at other displays ...

does this mean i don't need to visit New York now?!

Finding things in the garden

it really does feel like Spring now ... the weather is warmer, there are new birds in the back yard, the weeds are growing :-) ... we also found some bugs while pulling weeds ... Bethany being brave enough to hold the worm for ages, and Josh managing to be gentle enough that these might have survived their examination ...

Playing electronic Uno

Easter Craft

Egg (and finger!) dying ...

Easter basket making and decorating ...

Bethany

Bethany has been doing lots of drawings and story making lately ... but, in the middle of all this she took the time to build with the pens ...

And this was just plain cute ... she wanted to get into the bath before it was finished running - but, it is so noisy when the water rushes in - off to find the ear muffs and in she gets ...

pies pies and more pies

A classic Kiwi bacon and egg pie ... Chris made this - it was so good!

Josh wanted to make his own pumpkin pie, and because we had cheated and started off with a bought pie shell that came with another shell we made an apple crumble pie too ...