Don't you hate feeling gypped? I love LegoLand...I think the concept and the whole experience is wonderful. It reminds me of my brother, Mark, who is lego King. But c'mon...it's NOT Disneyland. $60 for adults and $50 for kids?! And they're opened for less time than the sun is in the sky! Unless you're getting some fabulous coupon and are paying less or are season ticket holders (like we used to be), then I can think of a lot of better ways to spend nearly $500 on entrance fees for our fam...no hot dog or legos included. So, imagine my delight when I learned the 'secret' that Lego Land is open to the public FOR FREE yes, for free... the last hour of every day-parking and all. When the kids are out of school for a 4-day weekend, sitting at home just isn't an option.
We showed up about 1 1/2 hours before closing on Tuesday, Veterans' Day, and scooted in through the gate unnoticed heheehe. The kids had such a blast and we actually packed a lot into that 1 1/2 hours--perfect amount of time for an amusement park! Just a taste--and we can go back for more anytime...FOR FREE, since it's only 15 minutes away. Lucky us. I'm not a cheapskate, but free is a pretty great thing when there's 6 kids involved.
But Wait! There's more! This summer we joined the San Diego Children's Museum as reciprocal members. Big word. But it means that we can go to a whole slew of museums in the US, including our little one here in Escondido and the ever-so-wonderful LA Children's Museum...all for one family membership price. It's $75 a year (no matter the family size), for a membership for just the SD museum or $10 per person per visit... OR $150/year for the reciprocal membership. On Tuesday afternoon (before our LegoLand Adventure) we checked out the Escondido Children's Museum and upon entrance it looked second rate. But man, it did not disappoint. What a great little museum with tons of hands-on activities and science how-to's. The fav was the old schoolhouse where they could dress up as pioneers and conduct school with authentic little desks. The human-in-a-bubble was great, as was the treehouse, puppet theatre, and oh, you'll just have to check it out for yourselves. Without my 'exclusive' reciprocal membership, it would have been $5 per person. Brayden wasn't with us and perhaps would have been a little on the old side for the activities they had. But we had a seriously fun time with the other five. Here's to family fieldtrips!
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Did you do these field trips before your endless night of throw up? Never know what germs are left behind - but hey, maybe this all helps build up the immune system. :)
As I read this I was hoping that somehow it meant that you guys were all better. But then I saw you mention you were supposed to post it on Saturday. Oh well, hope you are better anyway. Jon got a sore throat (Ack! Strep???) last night--I about died counting out the days until Thanksgiving and referencing that number with the number of offspring we have. Doesn't look good, sista.
I had NO idea about the Lego Land secret and you can bet we will be all over that! Can you believe we have never been there? I am a Disneyland nut so that is where we always go.
Our Disneyland passes just expired so guess where we will be spending our time over the Holiday Break.
Cute photos of the kids having fun.
I totally hear you about the cost of taking six kids anywhere! We went to Legoland last week, but had gathered enough coupons to get most of the kids in for free! We would have stopped by, but seriously crammed a week's worth of activities into three days (again, cost issue!). I didn't know you live so close to legoland! And I envy your proximity to the beach--I could go there every day!
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