Legoland

We didn't just want to drive up on Sunday for the walk, especially since registration started at 8:30.  So, we decided to drive up on Saturday, get a hotel, and spend the day shopping and having fun.  Em looked up places to visit and quickly discovered Legoland!  As much as our kids love legos, we felt it was a perfect fit.

You can see from the picture above that we all had our raincoats on.  It rained off and on all day, but that didn't stop us from enjoying the day!  Here is the cool giraffe that greeted us as we entered.

Kendalyn LOVES Spongebob and who was right inside the door when we walked in?  Why, Spongebob himself!  She looked at her shirt and then at Spongebob and said, "We match!".  I later got her a lego spongebob keychain that she absolutely loved. :-)

This guy was also right inside the door.  Madie thought he looked like Papa D. ;-)

They had this huge display that looked like Chicago.  It was all decorated for Halloween, complete with cobwebs, monsters, and spooky lights.  So cool!

Even had King Kong on one of the skyscrapers.

The next room was the jungle room.  We loved this room! 

They had lots of animals and it took was covered with cobwebs and had ghosts hiding all around the room.

They had a fun ride we got to go on.  You sat in a car and it took you around in a circle.  You had a laser gun and had to shoot bats and spiders.  We all loved it!  Well, everyone but Avery.  As soon as I sat her down in the car, she started crying, but once we were off, she got so interested in all the stuff around her, she just sat and watched it all.

"L" for Legoland, don't ya know?! ;-)

They had this big lion right outside the 4D movie theater.  Kendalyn had to check it out.

The 4D movie was kind of cool, but we sat in the very back row, so we didn't get to feel most of the 4D effects.  Madie and Noah were a little disappointed in that part.

They had an Obama lego guy there.  We're in IL country, so we tried to be discreet and do silly things to him.  Jeff was trying to knee him, but it looks more like he's doing some kind of rockette pose with him. ;-)

They had this big room with this cool ride and a climbing thing and tons of table to build legos.  They LOVED this part!

The kids kept trying to slap my hand as they went around, but my arms were too short.

Kendalyn and Avery were too short to go on the ride, so they sat and built lego inventions.

We had to take our picture by Indy!

I think you can tell which way Pete's going to vote this year. ;-)

We had to take a picture by Darth Vadar.  We're using the force to destroy our enemies in this one.

The Spichers took their picture by the sweet Santa Claus!

And, of course, we couldn't leave out R2, right?  It was a lot of fun and the kids had the best time!  Definitely a great addition to our trip!