Days 5, 6, 7

Day 5, Wednesday, was a big day as we went to Kansas City to the Sea Life Aquarium and LegoLand with lunch at Fritz’s Railroad Restaurant.  John and I are getting too old to ‘enjoy’ kid friendly attractions.  The noise is unbearable, the kids seem to run around unsupervised and the boys tended to move from activity to activity without really seeing or learning anything!  On the whole we enjoyed Sea Life the best but felt that LegoLand was a complete bust but the boys would argue that LegoLand was the best and Sea Life was just okay!  See what I mean - we are too old!

Lunch at Fritz’s was fun but also very noisy.  There is an elevated track above the tables where toy trains carry the food tray to your table and lowers it on an elevator.  Its fun to watch how it works.  The food was okay.  It turned out to be a great day to do indoor stuff as it stormed most of the time we were there.

Day 6, Thursday was a slow day as we had to wait for a repairman to show up and we had to take the Jeep to get some work done. So the boys played outside, played with my marbles on the living room floor and watched TV.  After lunch we took the Jeep to the dealer and then went swimming at the Liberty Pool which has a long, curling water slide.  They loved it!  RJ & Lisa offered to have the boys come over for supper and to spend the night so we could have a break!  We enjoyed our quiet time and the kids had a ball doing stuff with Uncle RJ.  He took them out on the pond in the peddle boat, roasted s’mores, then went for a Ranger Ride around the farm. Luca slept on a bed but the other three ‘camped out’ on the floor.  I guess Luca regaled them with stories of our adventure in Kansas City. That boy doesn’t miss a thing, including Grandpa’s sometimes inappropriate language!

Today we drove over to Warrensburg and explored Cave Hollow Park where they found a turtle, spotted mushrooms, butterflies and dragonflies and climbed on the carved rock formations.  We then had lunch with Aunt Karen and Uncle Bruce before swimming in their pool.  When they got tired of swimming, Karen showed them how to get the chickens to jump for grapes and they gathered 2 eggs from their nests. Uncle Bruce entertained them with bowling in the den then got his pet crow, Mimi, to do a few tricks for them. All the kids slept on the car ride home.  Big day!