This year we made Grammy and Grampy Gotlieb come along to help out with the three kiddos and enjoy vacation with us. So on Saturday we packed the car full and headed out on the 2-hour drive. We made it by 10:30 and the not-so-friendly front desk informed us our room wouldn't be ready until 4pm. Now granted, I KNEW check in time was 3pm but the lady on the phone DID tell me that the standard room would be ready before that. So fine, whatever, I had planned to go to the pool first anyways. We let the kids play in the pool for an hour and then went in search of lunch. Found a lovely little restaurant in downtown North Conway where there was breakfast all day and chowed down. Nothing like starting off vacation with a ton of bad-for-you, but oh-so-good food. Back to the hotel to pester them about the room. To my relief, they were both ready and the front desk suddenly became courteous. Go figure. It was 1pm and naptime so Ben and Seth went down for a short nap while Cal and the others went to do a little shopping. At 3pm we were off for our first afternoon of Storyland. We made it to the circus show, the roller coaster (for Cal) and whale ride (for Ben), and to Cinderella's castle to meet none other than Cinderella herself.
This first meeting with Cinderella turned out to be MY magic moment. Little Ben was SO taken with her that he hugged her for at least 30 seconds while whispering in her ear. I'm not sure exactly what he told her but when I asked him afterwards he said that he told her he was two. It was so precious it brought tears to my eyes. It was definitely the highlight of Storyland for Ben. He continued to talk about Cinderella for the rest of the night and begged us to go back the next day - which we did. Just as special the next day too! Ben also liked the Muddy Moose restaurant and said, "There's the Muddy Moose!" every time we passed it. We did eat there too in case you're wondering.
The log ride was Cal and Daddy's highlight of Storyland. Cal had cautioned us before we left that he did NOT want to go on the water ride that sprays him which was a raft ride he did last year. You know the one that's a circle float thing and there's 5 or 6 seats around the edge and you spin and float down a river while water comes at you from all angles? He got soaked last year and especially didn't like the fact that he didn't always know where the water was coming from. So I was unsure if he'd agree to the log ride since it also involved water but he said he would. He hopped in with Grampy and Dad the first time and loved it so much he went right back and did it again with his hands up the whole time!!! Go Cal! PS. Look at the lovely mountain view in the background...
Grampy has a picture of Ben hugging Cinderella on the 2nd visit which I'll post later.
Seth wins for "Best Baby on Vacation" in my book too. He was so fabulous that he exceeded any and all expectations that I might have had. He had no problem lounging in his stroller all day and was very tolerant given he was stretched way beyond his naps. I did manage to get him to bed by 6:45pm each night which meant me skipping dinner at the Muddy Moose (food was brought to me later) and skipping ice cream the next night (also brought to me later!). About the only thing Seth could do at Storyland was go in this ball pit especially for babies! He LOVED it. He didn't even mind that a few times he almost sank completely underneath all the balls! Grampy also has a cuter picture of this on his camera too. Seth also loved the hotel bed. Every morning when he woke up I'd let him come crawl around and he squealed with joy to frolic among all the pillows and covers!
Can't wait for Storyland 2010!
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