The car was full to the brim. As ever we had overpacked coupled with random things that we wouldn't ordinarily have with us but due to the move were. Forgotten things like Joshuas dressing gowns. Leftover alcohol. And luxury items that we figured we'd have space for like foam bed guards for the boys and Thomas toilet seats. Thankfully we'd upgraded to an SUV the weekend before otherwise stuff would have been left behind!
It was a low key day. We stopped at Macdonalds for lunch. It had a small play area which made Ethans's day. This was near an outlet and given the volume of small bags of crap we were carting around we decided to stop and buy a new bag. Which turned into two new suitcases. Then the heavens opened and it rained incredibly hard. It was quite entertaining getting two boys (Ethan who insisted on going on Matt's shoulders while he also pulled the cases, and Joshua who despite the monsoon wanted to walk at toddler pace) back to the car which was typically parked at the furthest spot. Then having to rearrange the car to fit stuff in the boot. Which we did, just.
Given the rain and the lost shopping time we decided to bin tourist activities and head straight to our hotel, The spa at Norwich. It's actually about a 25 minute drive from Mystic but felt like a nice setup to spend a couple of nights. Matt took the boys to an outdoor swimming pool in the rain (I remember swimming in the rain outside as a child and it being so much fun) whilst I got to do the fun unpacking job/reorganizing bags jobs. After a quick dinner in the hotel we all succumbed to sleep. Zzzzzzzz.
The car started pretty full....
Which was even worse after the new bag purchases....
Thankfully Macdonalds saved the day for the boys.
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