KCMO - 2013: Part 1

We spent Memorial Day weekend in Kansas City with our dear, dear friends, the Boyles.  It had been awhile since our families had gotten together and it truly amazes me that we all picked up right where we left off.  I guess that is a sign of true, great friendship.

We've been to Kansas City several times with the Boyles and feel like we have seen a lot of what the city has to offer.  However, Kansas City has a few new attractions.  So it goes without saying, we were on it.

The first day we visited LegoLand - a favorite of Nate's.  Quinn and Sullivan thought it was pretty cool too.  The kids wasted no time diving right in and exploring what LegoLand had to offer.

Sullivan and Lila playing together...

The boys drooling over all the Lego pieces and the creations that the Lego Master Builder had made in his office...

The kids weighing themselves to see how many Lego pieces it would take to equal their weight.  Quinn equaled 14,000 and Sullivan equaled 10,500 Lego pieces. Holy buckets!

All four kids jumped on the machine and it quickly went kaput.  I don't think it could keep up!

They checked their heights as well...

While Ryan rode the ride with Quinn, and Scott rode the ride with Nate, Sullivan and Lila kept themselves busy building.  There was no shortage of Legos in this joint and no shortage of opportunities to build something great!

The Lego pit was a huge success with all four children... they spent a great deal of time creating and searching for the right Lego pieces. Do they look like kids in a candy store or what?!

There was a part of LegoLand that had replicas of Kansas City landmarks... the baseball stadium, football stadium, churches, art galleries, etc.  It was quite amazing to see all the designs and the detail that went into each creation.

Being close to Kansas, LegoLand also had made a replica of The Wizard of Oz.  It was pretty cool.  If you look really close (on the left side of the picture), you will see Dorothy's house.  Underneath the house, are legs of the Wicked Witch wearing the Ruby Red slippers.  Details, I'm telling you, were quite amazing!

More Wizard of Oz Pictures...

Goofing off and having fun...

As you can tell, we didn't have trouble spending an afternoon at LegoLand.  The kids were truly in heaven and had a blast.  More to come on our other vacation outings soon....