Legoland!

Legoland is about 1 1/2 hours from our house and we got tickets to go there very cheaply (less than $10 each) so we thought it would be a fun way to celebrate Sky and Brad's birthday. The drive here is very scenic as there are mountains on one side and the ocean on the other.
Over 30 million legos are used to create the models used in and around Legoland. And the displays are so impressive! We had an amazing, fun-filled day here and we didn't even get to see a fraction of the place.

Sky and Ken had a blast on this ride! And there were blasts of water that shot up from the pool below so they both got pretty wet.

Brad was very interested to learn more about these Bionicles. I remember having students who were really into these.

This ride was very similar to the Toy Story rides at Disneyland where you shoot at targets and get points. Sky won both times she went on this ride!

Brad and Lila LOVED these airplanes. There were very few rides that Lila was tall enough for but she was big enough for this one and cried everytime it stopped and she had to get off.

An Egyptian pharaoh made from legos.

We couldn't get Brad to stop playing with the legos and look at the camera for the picture. And Sky built a pretty cool house while in this area.

We even found a lego donkey that Ken had to get his picture with.







Our tickets included access to a water park as well and the kids LOVE water parks!

Lila got cold and preferred being wrapped up on land.

Sky enjoyed the slides and Brad even went down this one and another one. He was very proud of himself.

Brad LOVED the lazy river and begged me to take him around again and again.

We did have a shoe debacle with Brad, however. He entered the park wearing water shoes and, apparently, a life guard asked him to take them off and he couldn't remember anything else about where they went. Soooooooo, by necessity, Brad ended up with a new pair of flip flops.

Everyone enjoyed the sand on the "beach".

Sometimes it's just as much fun to jump in the legos as it is to build with them!

We spent a lot of time in the lazy river. The rafts had lego building base blocks on them and lots of lego pieces floating in the water. Somehow I became the collector for the lego pieces!

Someone else was building this lego house but Lila thought it was just perfect for her.

The kids rode a train ride a few times.

They had these really cool "driving schools". Brad did the one for ages 3-5.

Sky was on a larger track for ages 6-13. Both received a pretend driver's license when they finished.

Lila cried while watching them but they didn't have anything for her age. At a play area, she got into this car and then cried big tears when she learned it didn't go anywhere.

Sky played Rapunzel for a while in one of the play sturctures, singing the songs from Tangled for all the world to hear.

Then they were eaten by a lego lion... The End.