When we got to Plymouth at 8:30 all the kids wanted to know was whether the pool was still open. The front desk told us that it closed at nine but if we went to our room and got dressed quickly they would keep it open for a while for us. They ended up letting the kids swim until 10pm - they were very sweet because the hotel was not as crowded as usual.
The big kids loved the slide but Lizzie kept going to the top and deciding not to come down.
Peter loved the waterfall.
My five babies loving the pool!
We thought the kids would sleep late because of the late night swim but they were up at 7am and ready for breakfast and our day exploring Plymouth Rock.
The girls - always waiting for big brother to get ready!
The five kids could not get to the Rock - little did they know that it is literally a rock!
The littles in their "Best Sister" shirts!
Annie was not so sure about the plans for the day!
Molly loved the breakfast - chocolate chip pancakes!
There was something on my lense and the kids could not stand still for long to take a picture because it was freezing in Plymouth and Mom had planned for more spring like weather so all we brought was sweatshirts!
Underwhelmed by Plymouth Rock!
Skipping stones in the water!
Daddy and his boy
Annie making a wish. She later confided that her wish was to become a mermaid - I love her imagination!
Molly's wish - for us to let her wear make-up out of the house!
We are ready to explore Plymouth Plantation - we had so much fun before we even left the play area!
Annie dressed in colony clothes.
Ellie loved the dress up clothes!
Lizzie loved making turkey stew!
Pioneer women doing the laundry.
Molly Girl having fun in the puppet theater.
We headed out to the Native American camp site - the kids loved the pontoons made from large trees.
Annie thought it was like sailing in Papa's PTMAKKEE
Molly Girl loved the boats - she paddled for a long time but didn't get anywhere!
Twin Hugs!
The warmest place we visited all day - the Indian camp - there were dead animal skins everywhere - not my favorite place but it was warm at least!
Peter thought our Indian guide was awesome!
The six loves of my life!
Watching the woodworkers make a bed.
And then we headed to an English colony from the 1700's!
Outside a colonist house.
Our girls love the farm animals!
The kids thought Papa would love these wood piles!
Pete missed his Papa -must have sent him10 pictures a day!
Our little Lady Bug!
People kept asking if Lizzie and Annie were twins and Lizzie kept correcting them that Ellie was her twin - Annie just nodded her head yes to confuse everyone!
My beautiful girls!
Mama's Boy!
Lizzie made me take a picture of her with this puzzle so grammy could see - she did it all by herself.
making more stew!
After four hours at the plantation the kids were more than ready for a relaxing swim - for four hours!
And then we headed back to the room for a pizza and sleep - they were exhausted!
The last picture of the trip is Peter with the remote control to the video games - he wanted a picture of it since we would not let him play it during our family vacation! We had a great time in Plymouth - the kids loved the plantation and Bob and I loved getting some time with the kids away from homeand all the chaos!We are so lucky to be able to take these little vacations and show the kids some of New England but they all missed Grammy and papa and could not wait to get home and tell them about our trip. If our kids had their way they would take every trip with Grammy and papa!
GNM - ILY!
