Day 1: we met grandma at the airport (she flew up from oregon) and the kids had fun playing with matt's car and playing "river" with the different colored flooring in the gate area. we (all but matt who slept) saw a beautiful sunset as we descended into long beach. we picked up our rental car and headed to dinner at chens for some sizzling rice soup and orange bean curd (matt just had green tea ice cream!). then drove to our hotel in carlsbad to get ready for legoland.
Day 2: Legoland! the driving school and junior driving school were huge hits for the kids. they also loved all the playgrounds and matt loved the log ride (again and again and again and....). kaitlyn rode all the roller coasters (this made mom happy) and grandma's favorite was the indiana jones like ride that you got to shoot at targets. the kids had lots of fun with their new swords! kaitlyn extracted a promise from dad that he would go on the lego test track roller coaster with her the next day. that night back to the hotel and hot tub!
Day 3: Legoland - back to legoland - with the threat of rain there were no crowds at all - several times we went through rides 2 or 3 times without even having to get off. and the best part - it didn't even rain until 15 minutes before closing! matt got to join kaitlyn on the joust ride as we had coached him the night before that he was 4 years old if anyone asked (after all it was less than 2 weeks until his birthday). of course when asked, he replied (as he usually did) "i'm matt!" but kaitlyn told them he was 4, so he got on. and tony did do the roller coaster with kaitlyn. we headed north in a rainstorm that night to meet my friend for dinner (el torito) then up to meet the cousins at our hotel across the street from disneyland!
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