The Bybee Chronicles: SeaLife Aquarium & Legoland

This past weekend we got to keep the boys for a couple of days while Jason & Kristin headed up to Washington D.C. for the weekend with her family. Originally we wanted to take them to the dinosaur exhibit at the Museum of Nature and Science but then realized it was opening weekend of the State Fair and didn't want to battle those crowds. We had also talked about taking them to the SeaLife Aquarium and Legoland at Grapevine Mills sometime and figured now was as good a time as any!

We started the day at the SeaLife Aquarium which was pretty neat. I wish we could have spent alittle more time looking at things but I guess a fish is a fish so it may not have been too exciting for them. I felt like I was stuck behind my camera the whole time so we'll have to go back another time without the boys and check it out for ourselves. Here are a few pictures from SeaLife...

They had tons of these bubbles in the aquariums where the kids could get inside.

This is the 360 degree tunnel. Andrew would not walk across without the help of his Nay-Nay.

Aaron in front of a big skeleton

These are small tanks where the kids can touch real sea creatures

(mostly starfish and small crabs)

After SeaLife, we grabbed some pizza at the food court then headed over to Legoland. Now, I have to admit, I may have been more excited about Legoland. Ever since I was little, I have had this love of legos. My brother had 4 huge tubs filled with legos that we would dump on a blanket, scrape through and build stuff. He was the more creative one that didn't use the instruction booklets, where my Type A personality took over and I followed the instruction booklets step by step. I have always told Shane that if we had a boy, his room would probably be decorated with legos at some point. I am also excited because they now make pink legos! I can't wait to get a box of my own!

When you first arrive they make you wait in this small area before going into the Lego Workshop where a guy sort of walks everyone through the steps of making legos. After that you go on this ride where you sit in a cart and try to shoot different screens and objects to get points. Once you're in Legoland, it's a free for all on various activities including a big playground area, a 4D movie (which we didn't see), miniland (a huge room filled with miniature versions of buildings in downtown Dallas, Grapevine, Arlington, etc), a race car area where you can build your own car then race it down these ramps, and other places to build items with various lego pieces. They also have another ride where the faster you peddle, the higher you go. The boys definitely seem more entertained in Legoland so we spent a couple of hours there. They force you to walk through their store on your way out so we picked up another bucket of legos to take home and let Aaron pick out a keychain and little Lego man. Here are a few pictures from Legoland...