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Legoland!



This week Aaron's sister, Amber, and her two boys came to visit. Theyben is really into legos so we decided to take the kids to Legoland on Friday. We had never been before and I really didn't know much about it. It was OK. It was perfect for our kids and their ages but some of the rides were broken
 or partially broken so that was annoying to me. Also, the waterpark part of it which was kind of like a big splash pad/playground was not open because of the season. Also it took them like 20 minutes to get our tickets printed so we could get into the center.The kids really did love it though and Maddy seems to be into legos too now, which would be great. We'll see if it sticks.
 As we entered Legoland, the kids got to help "make" lego bricks. Maddy's job was to spin a wheel that "ran" the machine. She took her job super seriously. She was told to turn the wheel as fast as she could so she did. She didn't hear the lady say she could stop the first time so she kept spinning and spinning the wheel as fast as it was go. When she finally heard that it was ok for her to stop she turned around and kind of just sagged down out of breath with her tongue sticking out. It was too funny.
 Next we went on a laser tag ride where you had to shoot targets to get points. Kelsay hated that ride. Maddy and Theyben got to play in a bounce house area but Dustin and Kelsay were too short so we took them to the duplo brick area. Then they found the build and test racer place. Kelsay used some cars that people had left. She had a great time pressing the button to let the cars go down the ramp to race.




 After the other kids showed back up, Kelsay and I went to the earthquake tables while the rest of the kids built a car to race. Kelsay had a great time stacking duplo blocks at the earthquake tables. You could build a tower and then use the tables to try to knock the tower down. She also enjoyed pressing buttons and turning the knobs.

 The other kids finally got their cars ready to test. Maddy's won. Her's was lightning fast. Not sure
 how she accomplished that as she's never built a thing out of legos before. Aaron did help her with putting it together. They also had ramps that you could send your car down.



 Maddy and Theyben got to go on the jeep ride. Theyben was an expert driver. Maddy made it around the track once. They did it again and she got a little more driving in the next round. Maddy also went on a ride with Aaron that was called Merlin's Apprentice. Something they had to peddle I think. Anyway, I think that was her favorite ride.





 We went to the Miniland display. That was really cook. They had built a bunch of buildings in Dallas out of legos like the airport above.

 Dallas skyline and Dealy Plaza above.
 American Airlines center and Dallas stadium.

 When night falls in miniland the fireworks go off.
 Maddy in front of Reunion Tower.
 Ranger Stadium
After Miniland we went to the 4D cinema. The 3D was broken so it was 2D cinema with effects. They did wind and some water and snow type effects in the theater while you watched the movie. Kelsay loved the snow/mist part.
 After the movie the kids were starving so we got a quick snack at the cafe.
 Then it was off to Aaron's favorite, North Main BBQ, for a Texas style BBQ dinner. I think everyone enjoyed that, especially since we were all starving by the time we got there.
Our microwave went out this week. This is the new one. It was a nice time to have it go out if that's what had to happen because there were a lot of pre-black friday deals on so we got a good price on it. Aaron installed it. Hopefully it will be a good one.

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bee said…
That place is HUGE! Looks like a ton of fun. Glad you got to go and some of the cousins got to enjoy too.
November 23, 2015 at 5:43 PM
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