Storyland & Day at the beach

Storyland, the place where memories are made is what people say. Well we have a lot of driving memories from this day. We drove a good 1.5 hours up to the Kangamanus highway to find out that the road was closed! so we had to drive all of the way back to Meredith to get on a different highway, needless to say we drove for 5 hours before arriving at Storyland.

Daddy and Shane on his sholders. When we arrived we met a family friend and kids from daddy's work there. We made it through the nursery rhyme section with them but then we had to split up becuase of different intersts. We had a great time, we rhode the Princess swan boat, the pumpkin to Cinderalla's castle, the pirate ship, the Train (a few times) and there were other rides as well but we also took in a great 30 minutes circus show. Thank god for the stroller becuase it was a lot of walking for the munchkins. Jackson slept on the 2 hour drive home and Shane just yelled Ding Dong the entire ride home back to Meredith- it was a cute ding dong.

Mommy and her boys- Jackson white shirt, Shane beige shirt.

There is a beach here at South Down Shores for residents and so far it has been pretty quite. We bring our chairs and beach stuff and get settled for the day. The boys had a great time swimming in the water and playing in the sand, making soup and throwing rocks into the water. I wish we could do this every day with them. It is great to be outside and enjoying life! They even made friends with the landscaper guys and followed them around for a good hour while they worked, at times Shane and Jackson were helpful picking up sticks and all for the guys. Jackson was obsessed about following them around- the boys had fun and I can't speak for the landscapers but I think that one or two of the guys enjoyed the help.

Shane eating apple, Jackson striped shirt.

Today was a bit more mello- we took a boat ride on the Sophie C mail boat on the lake. The boys had a chance to walk all around the boat, wave to lots of people and even fill out postcards on the boat. At the end of the ride they were exhausted and fell right to sleep in the car. So, we decided to drive around and let Nana peruse the shops while mommy stayed in the car with the sleepy heads for 2.5 hours so they got a good nap! tomorrow, the beach!