Legoland!

The Grann van picked us up early Tuesday morning and we all headed to Legoland! We've been wanting to go for a while since Ryder is absolutely obsessed with his Legos. He will sit in his room for up to two hours at a time building and customizing cars. He LOVED the amusement park and couldn't get over how so many of the structures were built entirely out of Lego bricks. Thankfully the weather cooperated and it was a beautiful day! We spent about 4 hours in the park seeing as much as we could see and letting the kids ride some rides. By 3pm we were hot, sweaty, thirsty, and hungry, so we headed to the air-conditioned lobby of the new hotel to scope it out. We decided we definitely need to save our pennies so we can go back again and break our visit into two days. It was AWESOME!

on our way!

"What's that?"

While Ryder was admiring this Lego statue, he heard the recorded voice and noises coming from one nearby.

my boys and their ice cream

Miniland was by far a favorite for Andrew and me. It is a collection of cities whose landmarks are made entirely out of Legos. According to the sign I read, it took 100 master builders 2 years to build everything. The tallest building is the Empire State Building at 20 feet tall.

Hello, D.C.!

Ryder liked the Star Wars scene

several of these mini figures were just strolling around the park

hotel lobby play area

See Ryder and Harper on the right? That was basically a huge pit of loose Lego pieces to build with. Ryder was in heaven. :)

chasing each other through the castle.

Lego bed

Hopefully the beds in the rooms are a little softer. ;)

sign of a good day :)

Ryder was too busy building a new Lego set to snooze on the way home.