Did you miss us? What you didn't even know we were gone. Some family you are. Well anyways we just got back from Vegas. I wasn't too sure about this vacation. I really don't think Vegas is a family destination, but we made do.
We left on Wednesday right after Forrest got out of school. We made pretty good time and were in our hotel by about 8:30 pm. After exploring our surroundings we headed to bed.
On Thursday we let everyone sleep in. After exploring the hotel a little we headed off to find a gas station. The concierge gave us bad directions to their local Costco so we spent some time exploring the outer regions of Las Vegas. After getting gas we headed to Springs Preserve.
Shirley had heard about this place from a friend so we decided to check it out.
This was a very kid friendly place. They had quite a few hands on activities for the kids to work on. One of our favorites was the flash flood demo. They had you stand in a room on a platform. You were positioned as if you were in a narrow canyon. After explaining the dangers of flash floods they let the water loose. They kids loved it and ran around screaming as the water roared right under our feet.
They also had some desert animals for the kids to look at. The place kept us pretty busy until lunch time. Unfortunately they didn't allow food inside and we really didn't want to eat at Wolfgang Puck's cafe. Luckily I had packed a lunch and we had a picnic in the car. After lunch we headed back inside. We checked out the gardens and played for quite awhile in the kids play area.
There was a huge sand box that Eliza spent most of the time running in.
Forrest on the other hand loved to climb the giant Mammoth bones. Our last stop was their scarecrow exhibit that they had for Halloween. The scarecrows were pretty inventive.
My favorite was the bride and groom. They looked pretty gruesome, but all Eliza cared about was the beautiful wedding dress. She kept pointing to it to show us all how pretty it was.
We finally called it quits and headed back to the condo to swim. At 4:00 we got all cleaned up and headed out on the strip. Forrest really wanted to go to the M&M store and we planned on eating at the Rain forest Cafe in the MGM.
At the M&M store I let each kid pick out one thing. When they rang us up the lady gave each kid their own bag. They both got such a kick out of this. Both kids carried their little bags with them whole time we were out.
The Rain forest Cafe was overpriced and nosy, but the kids really enjoyed it.
After a quick stop to see the lions we headed home and to bed.
1 comment:
That bride and groom are freaky. I am surprised it didn't scare your kids.
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