Day 7: Legoland day 4

today was a lazy morning.  The boys slept in until 9:30am.  We had breakfast in our PJ's downstairs.  Then we checked out the discovery center that we drove past every day on our way to Legoland.  This was the first day it was actually open, but they were setting up for a birthday party, so we just did the hiking trail.  Then we stopped at Subway to get lunch and pack some of their sandwiches for dinner at Legoland.  We took our sandwiches to a nearby park for a picnic.  Then it was off to Legoland.  First stop- the aquarium.  We had heard the aquarium was small, but we were all impressed with what a great job they did.  They had tons of fish and fun exhibits. We were there for about an hour, but we loved it.  We went on more rides and played more games.  Connor and Kaiden played a fish game and both won an orange stuffed fish.  After our Subway dinner we enjoyed an ice cream treat and then watched the fireworks at the entrance of Legoland.  They let the fireworks off in the parking lot to avoid debree falling on people.  It was the perfect view.  By this time Kaiden had fallen asleep in my arms and missed the entire firework show.

 

 

Connor's favorite ride

Day 6: legoland day 3

Today it was almost empty when we got to Legoland.  We planned on spending most of the day at the water park, but took advantage of no lines for the rides first.  We played for a long time at the water park and drifted around the lazy river 4 times.  Kaiden was still scared of the lazy river after our last encounter, but I put him inside the toddler tube, which he stays completely dry and then I hang on the outside of the tube and walk him around the lazy river.  After the first trip around he realized mom was going to protect him from getting dunked and he liked it again.  Unfortunately I never got the chance to actually sit back and relax on the lazy river though.  Connor really wanted to play some games and win prizes.  We told him he could play a few, but if he wanted to win a prize he needed to pick a game listed as "winner every time" since the other games were almost impossible to win on.  He played a dart game and won a stuffed fish, which he was very happy about.  Connor still loves his stuffed animals.  He named his fish "flame."  We had PB & J sandwiches again for lunch.  We also let the kids pick out souvenirs to take home from the gift shop.  Connor picked a lego creation, which he was dying to build but we said he needed to wait till we got home so he wouldn't loose any of the pieces.  He also picked a water bottle for school, a sun visor, magnet for the fridge.  Kaiden picked a 3-1 lego creation.  Jason picked a picture frame.  Dinner was at Karl Strauss Brewery.  Jason had a turkey sandwich, I had chicken, Connor and Kaiden split a hamburger.  It was good, but not our favorite.  Back at the hotel we swam, went hot tubing, Kaiden played ball with some kids and then I washed all our clothing.

Jason's swollen foot with blisters now from the bee sting...