DAY 6 - DAY OFF
We woke up this morning to a very beautiful and hot day. It
was sunny and upper 80s!
We decided to take a day off the big parks, and instead
planned to do some fun activities and check out Legoland.
We started off the day with McDonalds for breakfast. By this
point I was in desperate need of a Mocha Frappe! :) Then we went to cash in
Callie’s winning token at Pirate Island Adventure Golf. We played a great round
of golf and had a lot of fun.
The kids at Pirate Island Adventure Golf
After our golf outing we decided to go see Legoland. We picked
up our free passes from the Village that morning and headed out! Ethan was so
excited - he is VERY into Legos right now so we figured this was a perfect
place to go! We made the 45 minute drive to Legoland only to find it was
surprisingly not at all crowded. Hmmm. After a few minutes of circling the
empty parking lot trying to find another entrance where all the people were, we
looked the park up on our phone. Yeah, it was definitely closed that day! Oh we
were so disappointed! So we drove all the way back to the village.
By that point we decided it was too late and too hot to try
and make it to Hollywood Studios or Epcot (those were our last two parks on the
agenda). We decided to take the day off and enjoy the Village.
We unloaded the car back at the villa, got into bathing
suits, and headed to the pool.
Sand castle in front of the pool
We spent the afternoon playing in the water - they had a
splash pad and beautiful pool. The kids had so much fun - and so did we!
We tried to explain to Ethan he needs to put his arms out to look like he's surfing. :)
After a few hours of swimming in the sun we decided to take
a break for a late lunch. We headed over to Katie’s Kitchen (Boston Market) and
picked up a huge lunch to take back to the villa. By that point we were too hot
to eat outside. We hung out around the villa trying to rest and cool off for a
bit - Ethan does not feel that great when it gets really hot out. He gets
pretty cranky and tired, so we hoped to let him relax and get back into a good
mood.
Ordering our food
That night the Village hosted Kid’s Night Out/Parent’s Night
Off. It was where the kids in the Village all met up at Amberville Train
Station and each child had a volunteer to spend the evening with. Our volunteer
group was the girls’ softball team from Grove City Community College. They were
having a softball tournament that weekend and they all decided to come over and
spend some time with the kids at the village. So nice of them! Callie and Ethan
each picked a girl to hang out with and said goodbye to me.
The kids played at Amberville for a little bit, then they
all went to the Gingerbread House for dinner, and then to Julie’s Safari Theater
to have “Village Idol”. The kids and their volunteers all picked songs to get
up on stage and sing/dance for everyone else. Our kids and their girls picked “Thriller”!
And I wasn’t even there to influence them! :) I had a video to put up here of the kids doing their dance, but unfortunately I'm having major difficulties getting it transferred over. :(
While the kids were off having fun John and I took a little
nap. Yeah, I know we are so old. Lol! This had been an exhausting week!!! After
that John and I went and explored the Village on our own for a bit. We played
some dinosaur putt-putt, played pool, ping-pong, basketball, and took a nice
long walk all around the village and checked out the playground. We really
enjoyed our evening too!
At 9pm it was time to pick up the kids from Village Idol.
After we got them we decided to go grab some ice cream since we hadn’t had any
today. :)
Then it was time to head back to the villa and for baths and
bed. The plans didn’t really work out for us today, but we had an awesome day
soaking in the sun and having fun at the pool and all the fun things to do at
the Village!
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