Legoland

After 2 years of living in Los Angeles we finally made it to one of the many amusement parks that the area has to offer. Jim is kind of anti-amusement park so this is a big accomplishment for us. The kids had so much fun at Legoland - Jim even had fun! There was really no whining or misbehaving and even the kids did good;) I loved it when Ben would get off the rides he would ask all of the workers if they were magic. It was so cute. Just another reminder that I never want my kids to grow up. I love how they are so innocent and easy to please! This airplane ride was one of Luke's favorite. He couldn't stop smiling and laughing while he was on this ride.

Jimmy was even brave enough to go on a big roller coaster with Jim. It's kind of hard to see the look of terror in his face when he was going down that hill. I felt so bad watching him go down that hill. He's not exactly a thrill seeker. Jim was being such a good dad and holding his hand to give him a little bit of security. At least when he came off the ride he was smiling. But he was clear that he didn't want to go again.


We spent tons of time in the build and test room where they were able to build their own lego cars and then race them down ramps. They loved this! Jimmy and Luke spent most of their time at the ramps racing their cars while Ben only raced his car a couple of times. He spent most of his time at the table perfecting his design. They are following after their dad's footsteps - little engineers in training! Here are some pics of their cars. They went through a lot of revisions. I didn't get a great shot of the racing because it was pretty crowded, but they all did a good job and learned a little about aerodynamics in the process.






After this ride, I have resolved that it will be a LONG time before I let this kid get behind the wheel of any vehicle! Yikes!

Disclaimer: Whatever you do don't wear white to an amusement park! I learned this the hard way.

This picture made me laugh. I'm just glad that this wasn't a real woman that Ben was grabbing onto to help him get out of the car!




Miniland was really cool! It was my favorite part of the whole park. They have replicas of different world landmarks all made out of hundreds of thousands of legos! Amazing!


It took Luke about 30 seconds to assume this position in the car. He was wiped out after a very exciting and very long day!

Jimmy and Ben on the other hand were wide awake and ready for more. But after a few minutes they followed Luke's footsteps and fell fast asleep.