Vegas
We had a great time in Vegas. The kids were fantastic. We left on Sunday, 8/3. After pretty much packing up the house to bring with us, we were on our way. The kids were great on the long 4 hour drive. Justin fell asleep for a short bit and we stopped in Barstow for lunch. I couldn’t believe Nicole stayed awake the entire drive. The kids kept busy using their drawing toys, reading books, musical books, kids laptop, etc. I also had to read a bit. We saw the temperature keep rising, I think the high was 107. When we got to Vegas the kids were so excited to be in the hotel. We stayed at the MGM and the kids were just looking around at the hotels, they liked the lion on the outside of our hotel and liked the castle too (Excalibur). We got up to our room and had a view of everything. The kids got on the ledge and kept calling everything out they saw, the monorail, planes, helicopters, all the cabs, even pink ones (Nicole liked those)…I think they would have been happy looking out the window for hours. We walked around Vegas a bit and did the touristy things, the m&m store, Nicole wanted pink m&m’s and Justin wanted all colors blue, green, yellow, etc. We decided to go swimming. It was hot so we waited until after dinner when the sun wasn’t so hot. The kiddos loved the pool. Justin was so excited to be in his floaty and pretty much was swimming around, kicking, etc. He had the happiest little grin on his face, it was so cute. I had to assure Nicole I wouldn’t let her go under water. On the way back from the pools, we had to stop and play on the lights. The lights had swim fishing, so here are Nicole and Justin in the middle of the lights laying down pretending to swim like fish. They had a great time. The next day Monday-we took a ride on the monorail. The kids were so excited to go for a ride on the monorail. We took it to the Hilton and walked over to Circus Circus. The kids had a great time at this hotel. They played a ton of games and rode on a ton of little rides. They liked all the circus games too. Justin won a penguin and Nicole won a basketball stuffed thing. We also watched the circus acts, the kids liked the swinging trapeze. After getting back to the MGM, we met up with Aunt Buffi and Cousin Brittany. They wanted to do some shopping, so shopping we went. We went to an outlet mall, luckily the kids were pretty happy with the carousal there and all the little rides. We came back to the hotel and I gave the kiddos a bath. They just loved hanging out in the room and taking a bath in a new place. The next day, Tuesday was full of shopping as well. We went to an outdoor outlet mall and it was hot (not horrible in the shade). We also went to Costco after the outlet mall for more shopping. Oh man I am so shopped out. I wanted to have some family fun, so we went down to the pools. The kids had a blast and are becoming quite the dare devils in the pool. They loved it when they could jump in from the edge and we would catch them. I put Justin on his belly and he was really kicking his legs having fun swimming. We got back to the hotel room and Grammy gave the kiddos a fire house toy. The kiddos played so well with it and for so long. I couldn’t believe there was minimal fighting and it was really cute to watch the kiddos. It was getting late and finally around 8:00 we took the kiddos for a stroller ride to show them all the Vegas lights. They enjoyed the night walk and fell fast asleep the minute their heads hit the pillows. On Wednesday it was time to pack up and come home. We had a great breakfast and finally got on the rode about 11:30ish. It was sad seeing the kiddos say goodbye to their relatives. The kids did great driving home. They both fell asleep for a bit so we just kept on driving. We got to Victorville before stopping. We fed the kids and played in Home Depot for a bit-it was too hot to play outside. Then back in the car. The kids were so excited to be home. It was almost like all new toys for them again. They played really well together, enough to let me unpack, get organized, do laundry, etc. I am so tired though. I am off to bed.
