Brick-or-Treat at Legoland



After traveling more than 2,800 miles from New York City’s Times Square, the world’s largest LEGO^® model is now on display at LEGOLAND^® California Resort. The life-size LEGO^® Star Wars™ X-wing starfighter weighs more than 45,000 pounds and is created from five million LEGO bricks, the massive model arrived in six freight trucks which hauled the 1:1 replica X-wing model across the country. The X-wing is 11 feet tall, stretches 43 feet long and has a wingspan of 44 feet.



Lego Dracula

Lego Ghost

Alex (in blue shirt and black jeans) shows off his moves at the LEGOLAND dance competition for Halloween.

If you're not into Lego, you'll never understand why we keep returning to LEGOLAND. If you've got young boys, there is no need to explain. For two years now, our dinner table has been covered with Legos. Nightly dinners are arranged around the bricks and mini-figures including ninjas, Batman, Star Wars clones, and hundreds of others.

LEGOLAND's annual Halloween Bash, a.k.a. Brick-or-Treat, draws trick-or-treaters from all over Southern California. Kids dress in costumes, line up for treats -- and of course there are Legos!  Alex and his best buddy Cole decided they would do anything to win the dance competition. They showed off their moves & their groves, and got picked from hundreds of kids to jam on the big stage. Both boys won the big prize -- free tickets for a return trip to LEGOLAND!

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Legoland Again!

 

We love Legoland! This summer we got to splash in its Water Park -- awesome clean fun with lots of lifeguards and plenty to do for the big kids & the little kids. We got to build with giant legos as we floated around on river rafts. Alex soared down his first rollercoaster water ride.

In the main park, there are more rides for smaller children, the lines aren't nearly as long as some of the other theme parks, and there is a section of wet-n-wild rides with play areas if you don't want to pay the extra for the Water Park. You can feel like you experienced the full park in one day. Its worth the 120 mile drive from our house on the northern rim of Los Angeles.

Next year, the Legoland Hotel will open its front door just footsteps from the entry gates. With themed rooms - Pirate, Adventurer or Kingdom -- we might have to visit again and again.

Legoland and Lying

Legoland encourages lying. Ok, that's totally not true. I'm not proud of it, but I taught my kid to lie at Legoland. Legoland splits some its rides between children ages 2-5 and 6+. At five years, 5 months, Alex is really too big for the little rides, but not quite six years he is a little too small for the big kid rides. He wanted to do both, so we worked the system. We quietly whispered about how we would trick the attendants when they asked his age for the 6+ rides so he could get on. He'd check-in with me to make sure he was getting it right and then smile when the trick worked. Have I corrupted him forever? Should I have towed the line and just dealt with the tantrum? Or was it harmless fun that won't psychologically damage him forever? I guess I'll find out when he gets to high school. If he starts carrying a fake I.D., I might have to blame myself. As for Serene...she spent the day riding around in her stroller.

In a Galaxy Far, Far Away......Legoland

Legos are a wonderful opportunity for children to build, expand their creativity and improve their fine motor skills. If you google 'what can Legos teach you', you'll learn find articles on how Lego building can help with financial management, improve the tactical skills of Marines, engineering, robotics, real estate and more. Alex has discovered Legos recently and now there are hundreds of tiny red, blue, yellow, black and gray little plastic pieces sprinkled throughout the house. This week it looks like Alex will become a future designer of space stations and the rockets that will take astronauts there. Next week...maybe an architect. But, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...or just north of San Diego, California...is Legoland. Smaller than other theme parks with rides designed for the little guys & girls, Legoland also features the world in Legos, intricate models built entirely of Legos -- the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the U.S. Capitol, Big Ben, the Great Wall of China, the Golden Gate Bridge and it now several worlds beyond our own: Star Wars. Visitors can explore the planets of Tatooine, Alderaan, Naboo, Yavin, Endor and others. Whether you are into the oldies' Episodes IV, V and the newbies Episodes VX fan or I, II, III everyone can find their favorites. Anakin Skywalker is Alex's new hero. May the force be with us.