I have to admit that my favorite part of the day was at 6:30am. I woke up to go for a run and it was one of the prettiest runs I’ve had in a while. I probably ended up going about 6 miles- which was a little too far to go before a full day of walking- but I couldn’t turn around- the ocean was so beautiful. I was mesmerized and the air was clear and just the right temperature. The sky was big and blue with little puffs of clouds- and the wind was…absent!
But I eventually found my way back to the hotel and got things moving for our day of fun at Lego Land! Now part of the reason we decided to go to LegoLand is because all three of our boys are quite literally obsessed with Lego’s. We are a lego family. Emma kind of got dragged into it- but she is such a good sport- she just turns everything into a song!
We were welcomed by huge Lego welcome letters- very cool. Everything was lego---I just think it’s amazing that they do this! Who does it? We started on a couple little roller coasters for the little kids then headed over towards the race tracks. They had a race track for 3-5 year olds and one for 6-13 year olds. We decided to let Kyle go anyways- and of course when the attendant at the front of the line asked him how old he was he held up two pudgy fingers and said, “Two!” And I lied! I laughed and said, “He’s three…” Oh my, I felt a little bit sick. But he could drive better then all the 5 year olds there- he’s a pro driver from driving his jeep like a maniac all over the neighborhood. Ted said the consequence is going to be when we go to Disneyland and they ask him at the front gate how old he is and he holds up 3 pudgy little innocent fingers and says, “three!” and we have to buy him a pass!!! Adam didn’t want to drive. James and Emma headed over to the big race track that was set up like a little town with stop signs and lights that actually changed and police officers on the corner- lego police officer’s of course.
After a bumper boat ride, where Mom and Adam had a very difficult time navigating and luckily Dad was behind us to bump us in the right direction…we headed over to a show in Adventureland. We ate lunch while we waited for the doors to open. The kids all loved the show! It was a little goofy- and I’m mean because I compare everything to Disney- but at the end of the day when we asked everyone what they liked best Adam piped up and said, “The show!” I thought that was so funny!
From there we discovered pirate land! They actually had a couple of really fun rides and we were able to hop off- run around the line and hop right back on a few times. The kids loved the ride where you got to squirt people with water. We discovered there was a big water playground and told the kids we’d come back on Saturday with towels and swim suits! So we headed on to MiniLand USA. First we took a boat tour around so that we could see all the cool Lego structures on the water- animals and the Eiffel tower, Mt. Rushmore. It was incredible! And then Kyle literally spent hours just walking around the Miniland yelling, “Cool cars!” They had all these little cars and buses made out of Legos driving around. While Kyle and Emma and I walked around James and Adam and Daddy built Lego kits in the builder area. It took them about an hour- they worked very hard to make these little cars that actually drove…and then Adam was very upset when you had to turn the kit back in…he didn’t understand that you were just checking them out.
I broke off with the older kids at that point to hit a couple of roller coasters and Ted headed towards the squirty pirate ride. James and Emma loved their first roller coaster! James kept his hands up the whole time- he doesn’t know what he’s in for next week at Disney California- the best roller coaster ever! We went to meet up with Ted who had never made it to the pirate ride. They had found this amazing tree house play structure. It was huge and the best playground I’ve ever been on! Kyle was hilarious! We couldn’t keep up with him- he was literally speeding through the fort at top speed! I don’t know how he had that much energy at the end of the long day. But we just stayed there until the park closed because the kids were having a blast. Hands down the best part of the day- made it worth every penny!
Off to Round Table Pizza and then Target- where Daddy bought some new shorts for himself- thank goodness! We opted to not swim in the puked in pool. We realized that every public pool has been puked in- but we just couldn’t bring ourselves to do it after Ted had seen it happen the night before- he said, “No!” So that’s the first thing we did when we got to our hotel in Anaheim!!
The kids crashed- and so did Ted and I!
I have to say that the kids were all troopers- hardly any whining. And especially Emma who does not have that great an investment or interest in Lego’s. My boys play with them for hours on end so they really immersed themselves in the experience. Emma just had fun- she can make anything fun- and I’m proud of her good attitude! Worth the extra two days in my opinion- if you have kids that love Lego’s.
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