December 2011 Part 2 - Lego Land Day 1

Early the 26th, we set off in our car, making pretty good time. Until...we stopped for lunch in Vegas. The rest of the drive was wall to wall cars! It was the longest drive ever! That's the last time I travel anywhere a few days before or after Christmas. 

14 hours later, we checked into the hotel. The kids had gone a little stir crazy in the car and turned into wild monkeys when we settled into our room.

We woke up early the next morning too, excited to get to Lego Land for a full day in the park. The kids were so amazed by everything, especially our Lego fan, Kai!

Kai's favorite was surely the Star Wars themed area.

Many people don't know that there are plenty of rides in the park too. Nicole wasn't big enough for this one.

I was pleasantly surprised that they had a special princess area for little girls, who may not care so much about Legos. The girls got their faces painted, and Natalie got her hair done (I already did Nicole's special before we left) while Kai and Jeremy went on a dragon roller coaster.

Kai talked me into riding the robotic arm with him. You can choose how intense you want your ride. I told him we wouldn't go upside (level 2). Whoops! We did, and I think it scared him a little, he didn't want to go back on.

Although there were lots of rides, like any theme park, they were extremely long! However, most had a play area in the middle for kids. It was a mad free for all to scavenge bricks to build with.

One of the rides Nicole was big enough for. Riding in a car shooting things with a laser gun; Nicole was actually pretty good!

We watched a fun show at the end of the night. The kids played in a snow area for a while. A place with a slide and a place to build a snowman. 

We stayed until the bitter end...and then went out to dinner! Surprisingly they made it through dinner ok and crashed at the hotel. Well, somewhere in the middle of the night Natalie woke up and threw up all over the bathroom floor. Like, the kind I don't even want to go near. We mopped it up with the hotel towel and tried to rinse it out the best we could. I really hope they just threw that one away! Poor Natalie always seems to get sick on our trips, she has a sensitive tummy. 

Jeremy and I laid awake thinking about a plan for the next day at the park.....