Fun Day at Legoland

My hubby and two of his friends were just having a conversation the other day about how some of the greatest memories they had were from their childhood. The two friends commented that it was sad those days were long gone and could no longer live life carefree and spending each day playing and just having fun. My dear hubby told them that as a parent, you are able to live those moments again with your children and have fun creating memories right along with them. It brings joy to my heart that we are able to share these special moments with our children, watching them play, laugh, and experience new things during there adolesence.
We recently took our kids to the new Legoland that just opened at Grapevine Mills Mall. They did a great job in all the details of the 'dreamland' they created. They even have magical sounding classical music that makes you feel like you are living out your dream by being there. It really is quiet and experience. It is a little pricey but we were able to get discount tickets online and after being there for almost 2 1/2 hours, I think it was worth the price.

 It begins by entering the lego factory and they learn all about how legos are made by Dr. Brick a Brack (I think that was his name).  They are even able to help in making a batch a legos.

We then took a ride through 'Kingdom Quest' which is pretty much a video game come to life. We were taken aback at how almost everything there is made out of Legos! It was incredible! There is a section called, 'Lego Miniland' and it has some awesome Lego structures of city landmarks in the DFW area.

And, who says legos are only for boys? They had a special section for the little princesses....

Here's my dear son building his race car to race it down the different tracks...

There were Legos of all sizes!

And here's one more on our way out through the gift shop. 

(Of course they had a gift shop. Do you really think they'd let you leave without tempting you to spend even more money?)

 

All in all, we had a wonderful time. My kids have already asked a few times when we're going back. :)

Family Day at the Museum

Seems like my life is always busy, but the past several weeks have been busier than usual. Let's see, I went to a three-day women's conference, helped my mom organize and have a moving sale, had my own online sale on craigslist--which I took pictures of every item I posted, celebrated my husband's 31st birthday, youth lock-in, prepared my house & family before leaving to NJ/NY, and of course visited my dear friend Stacy. Add that to the average daily/weekly routines of cooking, cleaning, bathing :), homeschooling, spending time with the hubby, and church and you have yourself a VERY busy schedule.

Things were going just a little too fast for me so my sweet hubby decided to take a day off so we could take a short break from all the hustle and bustle and have some fun family time together. We decided to take the Mayah & Isaiah to "The Museum of Science & History". If you haven't been, I would highly recommend you go, whether you have kids or not. Right now, they have a special exhibit titled, "Lost in Egypt". It was perfect because we were about to start studying this time period in History.

Mayah loved the idea of sitting on a camel to imagine she was living during this time. Jesse looks like he's enjoying it too. :)

This is a recreated dig where pieces of a clay pot were found. We've already discussed archeologists and what they do so Mayah was really interested in this section of the exhibit.

The kids LOVED this part of the museum for obvious reasons...they had tons of fun!

Jesse admitted to me that he got teary-eyed when he was taking this picture. He said he can't believe how fast she's grown. She's such a big girl now.

Isaiah had enjoyed re-arranging these pins in no particular order or design. I have to say, I love this picture...and it's not just because I took it. LOL

This was really neat, it was interactive and showed you how electricity is made & how it's used to power up the city.

These are just a few pics I wanted to share of our day at the museum. We've already been twice since they remodeled and they had something different each time. The kids love it, I love it, there is definitely something for everyone and it's very educational as well. We plan to buy a family membership next year so we can visit anytime we want....looking forward to that!