Legoland!

We woke to a lovely view of the Land of Legos, which we would be visiting that day! 

First we loaded our bellies at the hotel’s buffet and admired the Lego creations that adorned the restaurant.

 

And here we are…Legoland! The perfect place for kids 12 and younger. And, dare I mention, the perfect place for kids 12 and older (so long as they are *slightly off). I say *slightly off only because the park is full of little rides for little people (and also because every big kid we saw MAY HAVE been a tad bizarre). That’s all.

Anyway, no ride is super scary and you can definitely cover the park in one day. We knew this all in advance so we were quite pleased with our Legoland experience.

Here, Sissy’s excited to shoot water at the dad and Cole from dry ground (and they’re excited to shoot her back from the sea)

There were lots of models and rides and such built out of Legos. No mention of how many man-hours it took to build each of these creations, but pretty cool, nonetheless.

Mr. Jefferson getting a Q-tip cleaning

Our second time seeing The Thinker (not quite as amazing as the real deal)

Most rides have kiddie areas to play in while the parents stand in line; a definite perk to surviving long lines.

Coley racing his red car down a play-zone ramp (red is his favorite color, FYI)

Kate modeling her custom-built giraffe; Cole shooting his guns (he is all boy, isn’t he?)

…and a few funny poses

Trick-or-Treating (precostumes)

Sister was a little bothered by trick-or-treating without her costume. I get it. It just doesn’t feel right. We left the park right around 3 to change the kids into their costumes, and to take a quick breather. We ran into this fellow again. It’s not everyday you can take a photo with a life-sized Lego Man, so why not?

Right next door to Legoland (literally on the same piece of property) is the Sea Life Aquarium. It’s not as big as our aquarium in Utah, but worth a short little visit. Once our feet recovered, we stopped in for a few minutes before resuming our candyquest at Legoland.

Kate is a Lalaloopsy this year. She didn’t bring her wig or boots, but you get the idea. Coley is, do I need to say it? Handy Manny. Picked the costume himself. Do you love his tongue in this pic? You’ll be seeing it a lot more in pics to come. It’s an odd, but absolutely endearing quality!

 

And back once more to Legoland for some Brick-or-Treating. No pics oddly, but lots of people, entertainers, and truthfully, not as fun.

 

We did, however, exit the park with a whole lot of treats and 3 lessons:

1) Trick-or-Treat during the daylight hours. There are no lines during the day, but crazy lines at night.

2) Don’t put your two-year-old in charge of his Handy Manny Hat. He will lose it.

And…

3) Legos can be used to build most anything (thought I’d throw that last one in there;)

So with take-out from Pick-Up Stix and a firework show from our hotel room window, we called it a night; a night I’ll soon not LEGO of;) –stole that joke from one of the workers narrating the boat tour.

 

P.S.-I threw in a couple pics from another morning that we visited…so don’t think we’re into changing our clothes a million times a day. It was just easier to post this way.