Legoland Take 2

As I sit here typing this post, I am admiring the four boys in my life as they sleep, two in each bed, after a long day of play. How blessed I am to afford all the gifts in my life, the most important of which remind me everyday how much I am loved as a wife and mother. I will cherish these times we have together, and although I am looking forward to going home tomorrow, I am thankful for the many memories that we made over the past four days (and also thankful that we are able to provide such fun for our three sons).

We finished our San Diego vacation with a second trip to Legoland, which included a trip to the Sea Life aquarium. I’ve decided that Legoland does not employee the most intelligent people as they forgot to charge us the $40 admission fee into the aquarium. Oh well. I presume they made enough money off of us this week that they could afford to honor free admission for us. We met the Mazur family (sans Jill) at the front gate and began our adventure. I’ll tell you what, after chasing four kids around the park all day, we were all exhausted. We took in the Bob the Builder 4-D show which was a treat. Although we did not ride all too many rides today, the boys (and Noelle and Michael) enjoyed each others company, and ran out all their energy in the multitude of play structures. Dominic braved the fierce Dragon rollercoaster and asked to ride it again – fancy that!

The aquarium was fantastic! I’ve never seen so many underwater creatures in one place! The boys enjoyed the hands-on exhibits along with the scavenger hunt that taught them all about sea animals. Matthew even tried his hand at touching the starfish. We decided to eat dinner in tonight and chose several ½ off items off of the hotel menu. I returned to the room early with Matthew as he is under the weather and now seems to have contracted the ever-popular Pink Eye (thanks to his big brother Dominic). Thank goodness we remembered to pack a myriad of medicine, including medicated eye drops, so that we can treat this yuck before we get home.

We will awaken early tomorrow, pack the car, and hit the road by 9am so we can be home mid day. Keep your fingers crossed that the car ride is a smooth one and that the boys are entertained for the entire trip.

The White House updated for the 2009 Inauguration (including Obama made with black legos)

We were tempted to leave them locked up for a few hours

It finally warmed up enough for a water ride

...and guess who got soaked?

These were the strangest sea creatures we saw

Dominic being silly

Jim's favorite room in the aquarium. The tank wrapped around the entire room.