The Hougham Herald: LegoLand!

We took advantage of Jordan's Friday off, and I took a day off and we kept the boys out of school for a family fun day! We debated on what to do. It was wayyyyyy too hot to go to Hawaiian Falls, like we had originally planned. So, we decided to visit LegoLand Discovery Center to see what all the hype was about. And hopefully we could eat lunch at the Rainforest Cafe or go to the Seaquarium while we were there.

I never imagined it would be this crowded! It opened at 10am, and we got there at 10:45. After getting our place in line, we were told the wait from that point was an hour and a half! OMG! Are you kidding me? What was I supposed to do with a 7 month old and a crazy little boy for that long?! Thankfully, Katrina and Logan tagged along with us on the trip, so we took turns holding our place in line, and keeping Austin entertained and feeding both him and Chase. Finally, it was our turn to get in! (And leave it to me to leave my camera at home, so all I had was my BlackBerry for pics.)

When we first entered, it was the 'factory' where they demonstrated how the Legos were made. Leave it up to my kid to be the one to run past 'the red line' and start pulling on a lever. Ahhhh, Austin! After finally getting ahold of him, we ventured into the main area and he went immediately to the big play zone, with lots of things to climb on, slide down, etc. There were sooooo many kids in there, I was really nervous when alot of the bigger kids started running into him and knocking him over. My blood pressure definitely started to rise a little bit. We also walked through the 'MiniLand', which is a miniature construction (of Legos, of course!) of major landmarks/attractions in the DFW area: Texas Rangers Ballpark, Cowboys Stadium, Great Wolf Lodge, Gaylor Texan, Fort Worth Stockyards, DFW Airport, State Fair, and Downtown Dallas. It was so awesome! They also had a life-size Lego sculpture of Dirk Nowitzki and the NBA Championship Trophy. But Austin's highlight was definitely seeing Buzz Lightyear when we first arrived!

We watched a short 15-minutes 4-D movie while were there. It was so neat, especially when fake snow started falling from the ceiling! Austin enjoyed it, but didn't get the full effect because he kept pulling his glasses off. We had good intentions of riding the two rides there, but the lines were just too long.

I had planned it so that Chase would be awake when we arrived to participate in the fun, but our hour and a half wait messed that all up! He slept the majority of the time in the stroller. :( Honestly, I don't know how he slept in there with all those kids screaming and stuff!

Overall, it was a fun place, but way too crowded for my liking. I would hate to see that place on a weekend! Maybe in a few months it will die down a little bit.