jake
After a lovely day at Legoland, Jake’s week started with having to drive 8+ hours to get us back home safely which he did wonderfully, as he always does. We listened to Steve Jobs’ biography on the way there and back. He had a few meetings on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday but I think his week was light overall. That meant more time home which was great. We spent the nights curling up and watching movies together.
karen
I really enjoyed my time at Legoland, too. My favorite part was the 3-d Bob the Builder movie. I remember the first time I ever saw 3-D and how amazing I thought it was. I still feel enchanted by it. I loved watching how happy the kids were and how much joy it gave them to be there. The drive back was long and painful and after another few stressful days at work, this week finally got quiet. The quiet is what I enjoy the most. For many people the holidays are hectic but not here. We relax, we play, we don’t cook or clean or have company. And to be honest, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love the quiet magic and gratitude of this time of year.
david
David has the most fun of all of us at Legoland, of course. He made friends, he ate candy, he built legos, he went on rides, and even got to go home with some legos (thanks Mom!) He was wonderful on the long way home and has been great all week. He’s been playing wii, reading, building with his legos and really really looking forward to Christmas Day. Here’s to hoping it will bring him all the magic he wishes for.
nathaniel
Nathaniel really enjoyed Legoland, too. Way more than I thought he would. He built with his brother, looked at all the mini, moving cars, enjoyed the boats. He was perfect in the car ride both ways. He just looked out the window and sang to himself. He had one more day of school on Wednesday and now he’s out until Jan 9. He doesn’t really get Christmas yet but he definitely wants to open the packages under the tree already.
Here are some of my favorite captured moments from this very week. Again there are several repeats between these and my december daily posts of course. A lot of photos this week:
our hotel in Carlsbad was right next to a local airport. Early Sunday morning, Jake held Nathaniel up high so he could see the airplanes taking off.
a photo of the boys right outside the park. you can see david cannot wait to run in.
one of my favorite lego creations
nathaniel loved playing with these.
david with his favorite characters.
i loved that they had a place for the kids to play with legos while we waited in line for each ride.
most of the rides were david and daddy in one car and Nathaniel and me in the other.
towards the end of the day, we went into duploland so the boys could play. they had a lot of fun.
nathaniel went for the cars
and david for the cash register
he also loved the balcony.
at the end of a long, full day, we waited for the shuttle to come pick us up. Nathaniel is going through the bag to find his little truck book he asked for.
i love love love his light in this photo.
he loves any book that’s david’s.
david reading the Little House in the Big Woods, to me.
nathaniel and his lined up cars. He’s telling me to take a photo here.
the boys reading on wikipedia.
our home right now. the tree, the wii, the little boy’s blankie, my feet under the blankets as i rest and take photos. i love the everydayness of this photo.
my pile of books i’ve saved for the holidays. things i don’t read throughout the year but save for this quiet time.
my wonderful husband, relaxing and then falling asleep. which he does almost every time he stops working and relaxes.
little boy watching bob the builder movies on my computer.
and concentrating.
family shots from this morning. we did it before the movies so it was even darker than usual.
but i got my kisses.
and tickle time and that’s all I needed.
and then this morning we went to see Tintin and took some photos on the way out. Here we are at the booth: (I was trying to get Nathaniel to look at the camera and not the tv that shows us.)
And those are some of the moments from our week. Here’s to another lovely week!
Us Right Now is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
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