Tuesday was an interesting day because we split up to have different kinds of fun. Grandma, Evie and I met up with a couple of my cousins to make macarons, but first, we dropped off Aaron and the three younger kids at LegoLand.
Outside Legoland was a giant octopus made of legos as a fountain, and we spent a little time checking it out.
There were some giant Lego men fighting with the octopus.
Inside the building, but outside the Legoland complex, there were neat seat screens. The kids had fun playing with the designs that appeared on them.
Aaron took a few photos on his phone of the kids having fun at Legoland. Here they are out side of the building, excited to spend the day inside it.
Lizzie made a snowman on a Lego board. She followed a pattern to make it look right, and thought it was a fun thing to have done.
Carson built a cool mosaic. His favorite activity at Legoland was just being around all the Legos.
Cole built a fun face onto his Lego board. Cole really liked the rides, especially the one he went on with Aaron that went around and around.
At the end of their trip, each of the kids got to make three Lego characters to bring home. I love how each of the boys is looking at the person older than himself.
Beware the scary Lego dinosaurs!!
Racing cars was easily a favorite activity! The kids would have done this several times over!
MEANWHILE...
After dropping off the others, Grandma, Evie and I hit up a Walmart for some cute clothes to be worn later in the week, some benedryl that I took right away, (this one plays a role later) and lotion. Then we got ourselves a little bit lost, but eventually made our way to my cousin Wesley's home, where we planned a few hours of macaron making and decorating with his wife, Darlene. Her cats were aloof but ever present. Darlene had already made one batch of macarons to be ready to decorate, but she tutored Evie through a new batch.
Evie got some very practical advice and practice while she worked the macaron batter.
I thought it was such a hoot that she was doing all the work for a time while all three of the adults present were taking photos of her working.
Look at that piping job!
Between them, Evie and Darlene did a couple pans of chocolate macaron shells.
Getting ready to put them in the oven after their resting time.
Darlene had so many toys for us all to play with to decorate! There were shimmer powders, sparkle sprays, ways to make the powders into paints, stencils, several different kinds of fillings and so much more! These are a few of Evie's decorating attempts.
Grandma, a watercolor artist, was in her element and did some beautiful paintings on her shells.
I just messed around with a little bit of everything I saw, so there was no continuity in what I did. But I certainly had fun!
Darlene and Evie were a little frustrated that the chocolate batch didn't come up as perfectly as it ought to have, but they did taste divine!
Evie had so much fun! She loved decorating and she loved eating them, too!
My cousin Amy joined after a little bit, and Darlene had pizza ordered in for us all. It was a fun mess to make!
Grandma, Amy, Evie and Darlene in various stages of eating or decorating.
After taking those photos, I realized just how much the benedryl was effecting me. From here until several hours later, my memory is a complete blur. I know I sat drowsily on Darlene's couch, heard people talking. I graciously allowed Jana to drive us from that point to the rest of the day. Jana tells me that she drove to a yard ornament place, bought two pieces, drove to a gas station where Evie filled up the gas tank, drove to a post office to send her new yard ornaments home to herself, and then drove to Great Grandma and Grandpa's house. I was awake again after that to visit with Grandma and Grandpa, and to go to the pool with Aaron's cousin Megan and her kids.
Evie and her second-cousin Peyton had really hit it off and became such fast friends, Megan and I made a point of giving them an extra evening together. They really enjoyed swimming, and Peyton's brothers had fun, too. The older three jumped off the deep end lots of times, seeing if they could synchronize and seeing who could stay under the water longest.
Evie, seeing there was no diving board, made her own fun ways to get into the water. Several times, she did a cartwheel or roundoff in!
It was such a full day, and we were all so happy to be back in the apartment at the end of it! The next day, we knew, would be very full at the Grand Canyon!
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