March 2018 Legoland!

Nels took the day off and we went to Legoland!! 

Isak and Kira are just the right age for this adventure and they loved it.  

It's just amazing what you can build with legos!!  Here's the city of Chicago.

There were lots of little places to build and be creative on your own.  Even the babies got to join in on the fun.

There was a 4D movie that was about twenty minutes long.  Perfect for our crew.

There was a Star Wars exhibit.

Pretty cool.  :)

Nels built a car with the kids and raced it on the track.

Nels is a lego builder like this guy.

Batman!

There were two rides.  A shooting ride-you had a laser gun to shoot at targets.  We rode on that one three times.  And then a pedal circle ride.  The faster you pedal the higher you go up.  I rode once with Isak and Nels rode once with Kira.  There was a pirate ship playground and a little slide for the babies to play on.  It was just fun to spend time as a family.

On our way out of Legoland of course there is a store filled with lego sets to buy.  Oh boy.  Isak really wanted one.  But they were so expensive and it was pricey just to go to this place.  So we said no.  Even when the tears came.  But we did introduce him to earning a lego set by doing chores.

So for the past two months Isak worked hard doing chores...mostly cleaning up toys after the babies made a mess.  He finally earned enough money for a lego set he had his eye on.  He paid tithing and has just enough for a set we found in Costco.  (We offered the same chores and opportunity to Kira, but she was not interested.)  I'm so proud of him.  I think we all learned a lot too.  Isak learned about chores, saving and giving for tithing.  I learned again that each child is different and is motivated differently.  I'm glad we said no, even though it was hard at the time.

All righty, so that was Legoland.  We ate at Red Robin afterwards.  Yum!