Well, the much anticipated fifth birthday has come and gone, and we're still here to tell the tale. We spent the morning having birthday breakfast (homemade blueberry pancakes, a family tradition) and opening pressies. That done, and the baby fed, we headed off to Legoland, getting there just before noon - went on the Spinning Spider (not doing that after lunch!) and in the Rat Run play area, then watched one of the shows in Lego City while eating our picnic lunch. Seen the same show several times but I still like it - the acrobatics and dives from the tall tower are very cool!
After feeding Ems again, we wandered around, did the Dino safari and Dino Dipper (a very tame rollercoaster which Isabel's always been too scared to go on before) and then headed over to Duplo world. There's a splash area there so we got her into her swimsuit and she had a great half hour splashing about. Glad we remembered to take her swimsuit - although there are always lots of kids in there in their pants! After a quick helicopter ride we went to the new Land of the Pharaohs (she went on a ride alone for the first time, much laughter and excitement) and then to Miniland. Who can resist all those Lego buildings? Marvellous stuff, although starting to look a bit dated - the Swiss Centre lives on in the Lego Leicester Square although in real life they knocked it down years ago.
On our way home at the end of the day we'd promised Isabel we'd go to McDonald's for tea. She's a cheap date. We stopped at the new Beaconsfield services (nicer than it sounds!), and she scoffed her Happy Meal as if she'd never seen food before. She even asked Husbandio to go and buy her a second portion of chips, and finished all of those too! And they're now all finally in bed, spark out, and will hopefully lie in a bit tomorrow. As for me, it's off to bed with the iPod....!
Birthday girl and little sis prepare for a day out in Legoland
Acrobatics show (courtesy of Husbandio - thanks for the cool photo!)
Little Swimmer
First ride on her own - not missing us at all!
After feeding Ems again, we wandered around, did the Dino safari and Dino Dipper (a very tame rollercoaster which Isabel's always been too scared to go on before) and then headed over to Duplo world. There's a splash area there so we got her into her swimsuit and she had a great half hour splashing about. Glad we remembered to take her swimsuit - although there are always lots of kids in there in their pants! After a quick helicopter ride we went to the new Land of the Pharaohs (she went on a ride alone for the first time, much laughter and excitement) and then to Miniland. Who can resist all those Lego buildings? Marvellous stuff, although starting to look a bit dated - the Swiss Centre lives on in the Lego Leicester Square although in real life they knocked it down years ago.
On our way home at the end of the day we'd promised Isabel we'd go to McDonald's for tea. She's a cheap date. We stopped at the new Beaconsfield services (nicer than it sounds!), and she scoffed her Happy Meal as if she'd never seen food before. She even asked Husbandio to go and buy her a second portion of chips, and finished all of those too! And they're now all finally in bed, spark out, and will hopefully lie in a bit tomorrow. As for me, it's off to bed with the iPod....!
Birthday girl and little sis prepare for a day out in Legoland
Acrobatics show (courtesy of Husbandio - thanks for the cool photo!)
Riding the Dino Dipper
Little Swimmer
First ride on her own - not missing us at all! 
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