Legoland

On our second, and last day in Carlsbad, we decided to head over to Legoland.  At the conclusion of Owen's Make A Wish trip in December, we were given a "Passport to the World" and included was free admission to a few theme parks all over the nation.  Legoland was on the list, so off we went for free!  We took Kam when she was 3 and she had a fun time, so we knew Owen would enjoy it now.   

The day started out overcast and turned out to be quite sunny and warm.  We started out on the wave runner rides, then had to skip one of the coasters since Owen was 1" too short.  Owen and I found these little planes while Daddy and Sis rode the coaster. 

After a few more little rides, including the dragon coaster, we headed over to the horses.  My kids are thrill seekers and like the big coasters so Legoland was a lacking in the "thrills" for us.  What we did love about it was that Owen could go on many rides on his own, which he enjoyed!  He went around this little horse track and kept yelling "giddy up.. yee haw cowboy!" 

Daddy and Kam were a little bored with the ride selections at this park, so they'll be using our free Six Flag tickets before the end of the year for a day of thrills!

We ate some BBQ at Knights Table and one meal fed our entire family.  The portions were crazy.  We then headed over to the Pirate Island.  Owen was anticipating all these pirate ship rides, so we were glad it warmed up so we could get soaked.  This ride is new... you ride in a pirate ship and shoot water at all the onlookers at the park.  On the flip side, they can stand off the ride and SOAK you on the boat.  It was a good time.

We rode the pirate ships and got in line for the giant boat ride that soaks you, but realized we were the only one in lines without swimming suits and backed out.

Kamryn loved these boats when she was little and we went on them several times.  The kids drive the boats and there are no tracks.  Owen and Kam were on for a long time as Owen had them stuck, twisted around and going backwards.  Kam would try to straighten the boat out and Owen would move her hand and say "I GOT IT!"

We did the firetruck challenge in Fun Town and then headed over to get Owen a drivers license.  He drove his own car and only got stuck three times, but almost made it around the track once.  He was so thrilled to get his license at the end!

We spent five hours at the park and pretty much saw and rode everything.  The Dino coaster and boat ride through mini land wrapped up our day.  It helped that we had his stroller tagged as a wheelchair due to his oxygen tanks, so we entered each ride through the exit and bypassed all the lines. 

Before leaving, we realized we also were given free tickets to the Sea Life Aquarium.  We thought we would just walk through on our way to the exit.  We are not aquarium people, so we just strolled through and touched a few starfish before heading to our car.  It was a fabulous day at Legoland, and best of all, it was free!!

We crashed at the hotel early and made some deli sandwiches for dinner at our hotel.  I did a load of laundry at the hotel and we packed up to head to Palo Alto early the next morning.