The following weekend, we were at Legoland to celebrate T. and K’s birthdays! Since we’d been there recently, we scored a good deal on admission by upgrading to season passes! So, our smiles (for the savings) were about as wide as these two big kids’!
Chloe loved this ride (Fairytale Brook)! She sees this picture and just chants “boat, boat” and then giggles. She still makes the Hansel and Gretel “mmmmm mmmmmm” sound (while raising up her hand like the animated Lego figures in the ride do)! It’s still a hit with our big kids, too. They tend to like minimal excitement, although Cameron is more of a thrill-seeker than Dylan!
Here’s Chloe. She has mastered “cheesin'” for the camera.
Just look at that cheesin’!
So that’s where she gets the cheesin’.
This ride had an incredibly long line. I guess it was worth it! I think the kids enjoyed it.
Cameron is a much better driver this year! This picture cracks me up, though. She is focusing soo much!
We got separated from HAKT for a smidge because our kids didn’t want to do the roller coasters, so got a pic of them in front of the Lego holiday tree on our way to meet them!
Then, I made Dylan pose in front of this lightpost becaues I liked the guy fixing the sign.
Chloe was actually big enough for just a few rides–this one (Cargo Ace) and the LEGOLAND Express. She loved this! We took her on it at least 4 times!
I will never know what appeals about these rides–the ones that just bounce you up and down, but Cameron wanted to ride Beetle Bounce several times in a row! Good for her, I say. We were gettin’ our money’s worth on those season passes.
Her enthusiasm was enough to recruit a few more riders!
Another amusement park hit is the overpriced junk food. We try to eat healthier by bringing some of our own snacks, but we always run out. Then we just hit the stir fry place near the Driving School. Inevitably, though, we run out of drinks. So, frozen lemonade it is.
Miniland is a BIG, big hit with Dylan. He can stay there for hours! But, the rest of the kids like it, too!
Poor Chloe is extremely sensitive to loud noises! When we were in SF, she walked around with her hands over her ears…just like this…muttering, “too loud. too loud.” Dylan is also very sensitive, so sensitive, in fact, that his teacher is planning on asking the OT at school if she has an extra pair of earphones he can wear to cover his ears!
My favorite rides were the mellow ones where we could all ride together. But, since Taliana is a bit of thrill seeker (and Cameron, too! She rode the Dragon Coaster twice!), I got to ride the Technic rollercoaster with her! I was pretty stoked because Dylan had no interest in riding it, but I had a mild interest! And the lines were so short, we rode it twice (or was it 3x??).
On our second day at the park, we repeated all of the favorites! I ended up taking Chloe to Duplo Village, though, because I began to feel bad that she wasn’t riding much. I took her on the train and squeezed myself on the play structures so we could slide down the slides together. She loved it!
We definitely got our money’s worth from our season passes already, but part of me hopes we’ll be able to go back at least one more time!
