Weekend Family Getaway/Day 1 : LEGOLAND

This past weekend we took a mini weekend vacation with the family. We headed to the Chicago area and went to Legoland and the Brookfield Zoo( I will post pics of that trip soon). We drove to Legoland on Friday, got to our hotel around 2:00, checked in and then headed to Legoland. WOW! I am amazed at the crazy stuff they make with Legos, that has to be a very tedious and time consuming job and must take alot of patience! I forgot to take a picture of the huge giraffe they made out of Duplo blocks when you walk in the entrance, but its huge! The boys had a great time in there checking out all the creations, building their own cars/trucks. We also watched a 4D movie and went on a dragon ride. After being there for about 3 hours we grabbed some dinner then headed back to our hotel for some swimming and to bed b/c we had another busy day ahead of us. If you have young boys( or girls too, the also love Legos, but there were far more boys there than girls) that love Legos I would suggest checking this place out, its about a 3 hour drive away, you could just make it a day thing if you wish. They also had a Lego store there too, if you want to buy stuff and it is priced the same as stores around here, but they have a better selection. I will post about our second day at the Zoo soon, for know enjoy pictures of Legoland....

the many creative statues we saw.....

Amazing what they can do with Legos!Downtown Chicago/Navy Pier scene all made out of Legos and they had a moving crane that the boys could play with too.

We went on a dragon ride there and they had this medevial ( sp?) theme, of course all made out of tiny Legos! Levi even went on it and was not scared at all b/c it got dark sometimes and some things moved and at one point we got sprayed with water, which he hates!(more of a mist)

They also had this ride upstairs. They had this little pit of big rubbery blocks that Levi could play in.

This was upstairs, were you can put together your own creations with Legos and they had little tracks that you could race them on.

Camping @ Tri-Ponds 2010

We had a wonderful time camping this year. We went at the very end of July for 4 nights. We tried a new spot this year at Tri-Ponds and we LOVED IT!!! They have a pond and pool, game room, petting zoo, lots of space to ride your bike, a playground and a jumpng pillow. Us adults even enjoyed some volleyball. So there are lots of things to do which is good because the kids range in age from 14-1, so there was plenty for everyone to do. The weather was beautiful, we hung out the pool, we played card games and we could see the kids playing in the pond from where we camping. We are definetly going back next year for a full week and this next time we are renting a cabin. Already looking forward to it!


hanging at the pool

** disclaimer- no child was harmed in this photo, nor did he consume any adult beverages :)**

BUSTED!!!!!! doesn't it look like he is cracking open a cold one!! He knew he was being a stinker!

most of the gang, hanging around the fire and making some smores! YUM!!

some cute photo ops....

can't be totally disconnected from the rest of the world, on the internet..probally Facebook.

Levi's bathing tub, it was nice that the camper we rented had a shower on the outside and it had hot water too.

some of the things we did....playing on their new jumping pillow, playing on the playground, riding bikes and playing in the dirt are just of the few things we enjoyed doing.

Levi and Max's "prison" They did not like it very much, but Levi did tolerate it for about 10 minutes on a few differnt occasions. on the way back home....camping is hard work (and it was past his naptime.