Day 10 - A Surprise Day Off

Today will have very few photos. It was supposed to be Islands of Adventure and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter but this morning we had a minor crisis so you will have to wait for tomorrows installment. Steve's phone's battery died and refused to charge. This was not good as he is still running his business and needs to be on call 24/7! We decided on a shopping day to find either someone to repair it or find a replacement. I was in, Peyton was in. Mum and Brandon opted for an easy day at home lounging around the house and swimming in the pool. The shops here don't open until 10:30am so we took the kids to the park here at Windsor Hills before we took off the the shops.

The main entrance

The little merry go round

The castle play structure

Rocking horses

A musical metal piano thingo

The other side of the play equipment

See saw

Swings

After our play we set off and tried to find some mall, we failed and ended up in a half empty/shops shut down ghetto mall. It was kinda scary! We got back in the car and ended up at The Loop. I went and made some lovely purchases in Old Navy and American Eagle Outfitters. We then saw a place that looked good for lunch. I'll tell you what, it was amazing. Steve even proclaimed it was the best burger ever! and I'll have to agree. We were at Johnny Rockets. We started with the hand dipped milkshakes. I had strawberry banana, Steve had vanilla and Peyton had a Fanta.... Then we ordered the sourdough breaded onion rings, which were very nice. Then came the main event. The burgers. I had the bacon cheddar single and Steve had the bacon cheddar double. We sided these with fries (completely unecessary!) and Peyton had the kids hot dogs with fries. Words can't describe the melt in the mouth deliciousness so I'll show you :D

Onion rings

We all got ketchup smilies

Vanilla Milkshake

Strawberry Banana

See.... Mmm

On each table was a little personal dukebox

Kids hot dog meal

Side of fries

Single burger

Steve's double!

After our scrummy lunch we headed to the other side of The Loop to check out TJ Maxx (Thanks Stephy!) I picked up quite a few bargains for the little boys. There wasn't much in the way of girl things but I managed to pick up a cute little Ralph dress for Peyton for $20. We also got a gorgeous Curious George hard cover book for Brandon for $5. We finished up at The Loop and headed back towards home. We stopped at Wal-Mart just for the novelty of going to Wal-Mart. We got a few DVDs and some more soft drink. Then we stopped at a Marshalls (Another shout out to Steph!). Steve left me and Peyton to exercise the plastic while he went in search of a phone. We got more bargains for the boys, seriously Hurley hoodies for $17.99!! We were there for awhile and Steve picked us up. He had managed to get a Samsung Galaxy phone the was unlocked. We were buggered so we headed home.

Brandon missed us so we took him to iHop to have breakfast for dinner. It wasn't bad. Not as good as I remembered it though. I could feel a cold coming on so we popped down the road to the 24 hour Walgreens. I picked up some cold and flu tablets and some throat lozenges. I needed to be pepped up for our big Harry Potter day in the morning!