Legoland!!

For Part 2 of our summer vacation this year we went to Legoland! I didn't feel ready to tackle Disneyland (mentally or financially) so we thought Legoland would be a good starter option.We checked into our fabulous hotel (milk and cookies before bed every night!), went swimming that first afternoon, and then took the shuttle to Legoland the next morning.

This was right outside the gate. They also had life-size Lego people built along the road leading to the park.

As we went into the park Joseph took the big kids to get in line for the Sky Cruiser and I took Jacob to do some littler rides.

This was his very first and very favorite ride. He used to cry as I buckled him into his carseat because he wanted to drive so badly. This was like a dream come true and he was a pro!

He went on to ride in a helicopter...

The cars again...

A train...

(Duplo city)

A boat...

This was a fairy tale boat ride with all kinds of different characters to see.

And he also rode in airplanes, but that was the next day. We were busy!

And I got to spend a lot of one-on-one time with my baby boy.

He loved playing in these cars as well and insisted I take his picture here, with that lovely lady posing beside him.

  Meanwhile, the big kids did bigger things. Lots of roller coasters and line-waiting for them.

Joseph wasn't as picture-happy as I was, so I don't have as many of them. Plus their lines were longer so they weren't able to do as many different rides as me and Jacob. But the rides they did get to were awesome!

They also wandered through Miniland where they have a ton of people and buildings built entirely out of Legos.

Poor El was feeling pretty under-the-weather by this time.

We met up in Heartlake City, where Jacob spent his time  watching the Lego Friends show.

The big kids took a second to ride the carousel.

And then we headed in to see the Lego Movie set.

It was pretty amazing, but sort of hard to take pictures of. I loved seeing all the tiny details.

El was about ready to pass out at this point, so I took her and Jacob to get some food while Joseph and the bigger kids went to do more roller coasters.

Within seconds of climbing into the stroller... (poor girl!)

 After this Jacob wanted to do the cars again (surprise!) so we waited in line for that while Elinor slept.

The next day at Legoland we came in our swim suits so we could go to the water parks. That was really fun. One of my favorite rides was one like Splash Mountain that the whole family was able to do together. Getting soaked felt really good on such a hot day! We also went swimming in a wave pool, floated around a lazy river, and did a couple of water slides. We did manage to also squeeze in a fourth and final ride on the cars for Jacob before we left the park for the day.

Emily and Caleb's first ride the second day.

Jake in the fountains at Heartlake City.

Emily and Caleb finally took a turn driving the Lego cars (this was on the big kid track).

Jacob and I went on a laser tag-type ride that was perfect for him. Skeletons, sound effects, stolen treasure, and little laser guns. Every little boy's dream come true!

Any time we passed a gift shop, the kids all donned foam armor and wielded foam weapons to stage a battle. The store employees were very tolerant of this. :)

It was such a fun vacation and Legoland was a great theme park to take the kids to. They were the perfect ages to enjoy everything the park had to offer. It was a great trip!