Most of you know that an enormous thanks goes out to my good friend Melissa for taking care of us once we landed in San Diego. (Let’s not even discuss the flight; personally I’m going to pretend that part never even happened.) Things went fairly smoothly that first week in CA, except for the part about not getting into our house quite as quickly as we’d hoped, but there really wasn’t a whole lot going on that was picture-worthy. Oh look, here are the kids sleeping on the floor of the hotel, recovering from the time change! Here are Heidi and Jake trying to get their foggy brains in order! Eh, how ‘bout we skip that part too? But there was one cool thing we got to do right away: Jake had a couple of days where he couldn’t check in because of the 4th of July holiday, so we jumped right into the closest major attraction and headed out to . . . Legoland!
It’s a fabulously fun and colorful place, with a little something for every age group. You won’t see any pictures of the rollercoasters or similar rides, since our kiddos are too small for those but they do have quite a few of them.
The part that Jake and I really appreciated was that all the park sculptures and decorations were made of Lego blocks. That elephant that the kids are watching? Yep, made of Legos. Pretty impressive!
Maybe you’re thinking the kids don’t look all that impressed, but they were still tired too. And it was definitely better than being cooped up in the hotel for another day.
Our first ride took us on a tour of Storybook Land, with characters like the Three Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and Sleeping Beauty popping up around every corner.
Next up, the Duplo Play Area.
And the train ride, of course. Logan got to sit in the engine; he was very excited about that.
Scenes from Miniland. This really was impressive; they had iconic portions of San Francisco, New Orleans, New York, LA, DC, and Vegas recreated in Lego.
A couple of my favorite details—look close, they even have shisas on the Chinatown gate.
Well, I can’t fathom how you have survived for over a month without getting updates from me here. Obviously I’ve got a lot of catching up to do but, if all goes well, we’ll be moving in to our new house TOMORROW and it may take a few days to get internet established and the house arranged to a point where blogging becomes a priority again. Rest assured, I won’t leave you hanging for too long!
I love that the kids (even Naomi) know pretty much how everything works here and what the rules are, so I can just follow behind and let them have a lot of freedom. Here, you see that Logan knows what to do with the tray in the machine and Naomi knows, and does a pretty good job remembering, to wait in line. 
