Days 3&4: Legoland

So it's taken almost 2 months to document our 5-day vacation. Wow. So here's the rest of it: sandwiched between our days at Sea World were 2 days of Legoland. Neither Dave nor I had ever been there, so we didn't know what to expect. We'd heard it's good for little kids and we found that to be a very accurate description. And since we have little ones, it was perfect for us. But don't go if you don't take a kid under 5 years old. Most of our fun was watching our kids have fun.



March was an excellent time to go - the place was nearly empty. On some of the rides with no line, the workers let us stay on and ride them again and again and again and again and again. Fantastic. I think we only had to wait in line at all for 3 rides. And those rides had the best invention ever - a Lego play area for the kids while the parents wait in line. Brilliant. Every amusement park should have these.





Legoland is full of fun play areas for the kids and, yes, all of the props are made from Legos. Somebody has way too much time on their hands, especially the person who built the New York scene. I think it had over 6 million Lego pieces.



One of the play areas was a little water playground and of course I forgot to bring the towels, so now we have a Legoland souvenir towel. The water was really cold, and well, it was March, so the kids got cold pretty fast!




Ryan was very brave and rode on his first rollercoaster here (the Coastersaurus) and liked it the 1st time. After the 2nd time, he said it was too scary because it went too fast. So the next day, we told him it went slower that day. And yes, he did believe us and learned to like the rollercoaster. Speaking of fibbing, Ryan also learned to tell a lie while here at Legoland. He had a major meltdown when he learned he was too short for the dragon rollercoaster. So we went to ride the horses next, not realizing there was and age requirement as well as a height requirement. He was tall enough by several inches, but not 4 years old yet. And those smart workers ask the child (not the parent) how old he is, . Luckily, I had enough time while waiting in line to coach him. "Ry, how old are you?" "3." "No, you're 4 now. How old are you?" "I'm 4!" Good job, Ry. So am I a bad mom for teaching him to lie or for forgetting his 4th birthday? Ry, sorry I forgot to celebrate your 4th birthday.

Zach experienced his first waterpark adventure here and also fell in love with Lucky Charms and couldn't get enought of those little marshmallows. Interesting combination, as those little

marshmallows sure make a sticky mess when they get wet.

Definitely the #1 deciding factor when making my next vehicle purchase:

Front-row parking at Legoland! Don't worry - Volvo actually has some fans in the world. They have some kind of weird partnership with Legoland and there are a few front-row preferred parking spots reserved for people who drive Volvos. Or you could just have some dignity and drive a non-Volvo and park in the next aisle over. And in case you're wondering, not one of the Volvo-designated spots was ever occupied. Sorry Volvo, maybe try again at Disneyland. But I guess Ryan enjoyed driving his Volvo, maybe because he could drive all by himself.

So there you have it - our entire vacation given in full detail, complete with this creepy Lego-pirate guy with 2 prongs for fingers. Enjoy the slide show - it took forever to upload!