For Father's Day this year, the kids and I gave Joe a family day pass to Legoland, which is outside of Chicago. First as a child, and now as a father, Joe really likes Legos, so this was a perfect mini-vacation for our family.
Just walking in, we were already amazed.
A very large and extremely detailed city landscape.
A Star Wars exhibit, another reason we thought Joe would like Legoland.
Can you identify these famous people?
A 4-D movie
Hear us roar!
Henry's favorite: this snowman that he kept adding extra Legos to.
Claire's favorite: this ride that we had to peddle like a bike to go up and down. There were no lines, so I lost track of how many times we rode this one. Claire couldn't get enough. By the look of Henry's grip on his seat, I'm guessing he wasn't quite as confident.
Both kids really loved the jungle exhibit as well.
We spent a lot of time there, checking out the different animals.
The last hour we were at Legoland, the other customers cleared
out and we had the whole place to ourselves. It was a blast.
This picture is for my mom.
After leaving Legoland we went to a nearby hotel for the night. The next morning we did some swimming in the pool. After packing up, we had about an hour to kill before we wanted to be on the road. What better way to spend an hour than wandering through IKEA.
The kids played in the shopping cars until we were ready to get on the real road.
On our way home we stopped in South Haven.
Claire really wanted to see the lighthouse. She loves lighthouses. We weren't really prepared for the beach, which is why Joe is wearing a pair of Henry's shorts on his head as sun protection. He cracks me up!
We also stopped in a few of our favorite shops and, of course, had to get some ice cream on such a hot day.
Well, that wraps up our marvelous mini-vacation. It certainly was filled with fun and laughter, a much needed break for a couple days.
