Staycation Event: LEGOLAND

As part of our summer staycation, there have been a lot of home-based activities. 

A lot of them are fully 100% your ideas!

After playing with the beans...

...and creating magical flutes and sheaths and scabbards and daggers and other mystical tools and weaponry from cardboard and aluminum foil (foy-allll)...

...we headed out of the house to...

LEGOLAND!

There were long lines, and building challenges ahead; a long-ish drive and hot hot heat.

BUT we learned a lot, had a blast, and a splash, overcame some fears (Julia was scared of the troll-based ride) and overcame some frustrations (after many times of losing the 'race' and having your car crash and burn, Aidan, you created a SUPER car and WON!).

And I guess that's what Lego is all about...taking something small and building it into a more awesome structure.

So we took our staycation, and built and built on it and had a great time together!

LEGOLAND!

Aidan, yesterday: "When we go back to Legoland can I get the zombie with the ice crystal? Or the alligator with the ice crystal?"

Julia, this morning: "I had a dream that we went back to Legoland and you and me and my brother rode the spinning ride again!"

Aidan and Julia a few days ago:

  J: "I didn't like the big troll in the shooter game, but my brother did. It scared me"

  A: "Yeah and I pew pewed it!"

You guy have literally been talking about our trip to Legoland for weeks. With such rave reviews, you know I had to immortalize our trip!

It was a rainy, rainy Sunday morning. Our good friends, the Myers', invited us to join them at Legoland. When we told you guys that's where we were going, you didn't quite believe us! Could it be a real place? A whole land of Legos? You got very excited...and  it paid off!

From the moment we arrived, you guys were stoked to be there!

We went through the Lego-making factory and Aidan and Tyler got picked to turn some levers! You guys made some commemorative Yellow Lego bricks, that Aidan even brought to show and tell.

We immediately went on the "pew-pewer ride" where we used lasers to shoot trolls and skeletons, but not princesses or dragons. Aidan, you LOVED this. But Julia, you preferred to get really close to me and not do this again. It's all good!

We explored some exhibits...

Then we found the "magic wizard hat spinning ride." This was your favorite, Julia. You and I rode it 4 times throughout the day! Aidan, you loved spinning too! The faster we pedaled, the higher we went up in the air. Mommy vomits if she spins too much, so this was all Daddy territory.

After that, we did more building, and playing, and exploring, and building cards to go down awesome ramps, and singing, and driving, and Star Wars.

A lovely  photo taken by Aidan!

 We even went to the 4D Lego Movie LegoLand movie...3D glasses and getting sprayed in the face with water and wind. You guys loved it! Aidan you were so psyched to get sprayed in the face with 'lemon juice' and actually didn't want to sit with us, opting to sit with Tyler alone. Such a big boy. Julia, you love seeing Wildstyle on the big screen again...and uni-Kitty.

It was a Lego-riffic day, followed by an afternoon of Lego playing with the Legos you earned at Legoland (an awesome ice tiger fighting force with weaponized snow mobile for aidan (jules, you and i assembled the snow mobile); and a Janitor and Satyr mini figure for you Julia!)

GOOOOOOO LEGO!