Lego Land with FHC

We got the chance to travel down to Winter Haven, FL with our Home School group FHC to visit Lego Land. The instructions were to be there at 9:30am and we could not go in until everyone was there. So no one wanted to be that one person who was late! So we were all there by 8:45am not knowing the parking lot did not open up until 9am. So there we were with our engines reeving ready to pay our $12 and let the fun begin. Finally at 9am they opened the flood gates and in we went parked and at our meeting place by 9:15am Sharp. 

              Just by the sight of the entrance the kids were in all, pointing out the people and the ones they had and ones they hoped to get.  You guessed it everything was made of Lego's. We had gotten some inside information about heading straight for the back when we arrived. So the kids held on tight, closed there eyes and we raced to the back of the park and sure enough it was empty! 

            The first ride we went on was Ford's Jr. Racing Cars. Jacob looked like he had been driving for years and well Emily looked like she had never drove before. She got off the ride and stated sadly "Mom I don't know how to drive" plenty of time I thought. 

        Next Jacob and David did a little roller coaster action which Emily was not happy about she wanted to go to but she was about 2 inches to short. 

So excited she is tall enough!

          We did find a roller coaster she was tall enough for the Dino Roller Coaster. Emily's first roller coaster but was she scared "no mommy". But her facial expression at the photo session after the ride told us the true story.

There was flying high rides, safaris, boat rides, water rides, dragon roller coasters, horse rides, double carousel rides and of course lots of Lego's to see. 

          We had made a deal that we were not going to buy any Lego's while there (we already own enough Lego's to build our own Darth Vader!).

 But daddy could not do it, to leave Lego land with no Lego's was just not happening. So Emily picked out her first set of Duplo's of course Cinderella and Jacob a Star Wars ship. Then for the whole ride home (except when they were sleeping) they asked "can I open it yet?" No, not till we get home. Five minutes go by "Can I open it now?". So of course when we arrived home at 7:30 pm they could care less about eating and went right to building Lego's. Ah it was a quite night though.

The trip was so fun and exciting one thing about the Couch family is we have traveled so much that we are used to doing it and do it like a well oiled machine.