Legoland

On Christmas Eve, we took the three big kids to Legoland and Julia stayed with my parents.  We were pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable it was.  The rides are geared for kids ages 4-12, but there are a couple of good roller coasters and other fun activities.  My favorite part was Miniland.  They had built different cities out of Legos, and they paid such attention to detail.  Also, the lines were sooooo much shorter than at Disney, so we got to do a lot of things in one day.  Here are some pictures from our Legoland Adventure:

 This giant Christmas tree greeted us when we walked in:

 The space shuttle getting ready to launch:

 The White House with the First Family on the front steps and a secret service agent on the roof:

The Washington Monument:

Lincoln Memorial:

The Capitol Building:

The National Mall and part of the Smithsonian:

The World War II Memorial:

The Washington Memorial with Santa riding down:

The Jefferson Memorial:

The Iwo Jima Memorial:

San Francisco:

New York City:

A jousting ride that all the kids enjoyed:

A dinosaur made out of a ridiculous amount of Legos:

A giant Albert Einstein head:

 Lego Driving School (The kids LOVED this!):

A full-sized car made of Legos:

 Isabel's driving school:

Darth Vader: 

R2-D2

Darth Maul:

And a random donkey:

We will definitely go back next time, and we'll take Julia with us.